Books about the War in the Pacific?

[Tiornu]

Hey, maybe you're the first customer. If you like it, feel free to post a review at Amazon. If you don't, well, we can let that be our little secret...!

[USS Henrico]

Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War by Rene J. Francillon is a reference book that gives details on all the planes used during the war, Army and Navy, as well as the experiments, and some discussion of the manufacturers. This is a fairly old book, first published in 1970 with an expanded 1979 second edition: I have the 1994 reprint presumably (570 pages).

Is there a later book that tops this as a reference for Japanese aircraft?

[JohnDillworth]

Don't know if it has been mentioned yet but Alibris is an excellent source of used books. Some of the stuff we read is, shall we say, a little esoteric. Alibris has been a great help in finding affordable used versions or valuable first editions. Highly recommended:
http://www.alibris.com/

[Pascal_slith]

ORIGINAL: USS Henrico

Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War by Rene J. Francillon is a reference book that gives details on all the planes used during the war, Army and Navy, as well as the experiments, and some discussion of the manufacturers. This is a fairly old book, first published in 1970 with an expanded 1979 second edition: I have the 1994 reprint presumably (570 pages).

Is there a later book that tops this as a reference for Japanese aircraft?

Best sources are the Japanese books. If you go to Amazon.jp and use the Google translator you might get there. Most titles also show up in English so you can search using an English title.

[Pascal_slith]

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

Don't know if it has been mentioned yet but Alibris is an excellent source of used books. Some of the stuff we read is, shall we say, a little esoteric. Alibris has been a great help in finding affordable used versions or valuable first editions. Highly recommended:
http://www.alibris.com/

and ABE Books at www.abebooks.com . I've used both in the past to hunt for out of print books.

[Pascal_slith]

I also wouldn't forget a few books on the origins of the conflict with Japan. Costello in "Pacific War" gives a good basic account. "To Have and Have Not" by Jonathan Marshall is available for free on the Internet from the University of California. "Bankrupting the Enemy" and "War Plan Orange" by Edward Miller are both good reads. And for the larger context, "A World at Arms" by Gerhard Weinberg is quite good too.

[TOMLABEL]

Here are some of mine. I still have some others packed away in moving boxes, though...

I don't have quite the selection as TreeSpider or Don, but here are some of mine that have helped me along the way and have proved invaluable. I am a hardcover freak and also put a plastic wrap around my dust jackets that come with them, so if some of my pics have "flash glares" that is due to this.

Many of these have already been mentioned.

EDIT: Sorry for the blurry pics, but me and the camera did not get along to well tonight![:@]

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unrelated again.......

[Swayin]

Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (Battle of Samar)

and

Neptune's fury (Guadalacanal Naval Campaign)

are extraordinarily good.

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Tiornu

Speaking of books, I have some news. My latest title, Thunder in Its Courses: Essays on the Battlecruiser, is now available in Kindle and Nook editions. Hard copies should be out there in a couple weeks. Here's the promotional blurb.

Few subjects in naval history have elicited as much romance and disdain as the battlecruiser. And few subjects have gone so grossly misunderstood.
Fundamental errors regarding the battlecruiser's origins and the technology of the times continue to distort hindsight, obscuring the historical context of these powerful, majestic ships. Thunder in Its Courses clears away the misconceptions, with essays establishing the basic facts of the capital-ship cruiser as well as thorny issues regarding individual designs.
Richard Worth writes for the Warship and Warship International journals. His book titles include In the Shadow of the Battleship, Raising the Red Banner (with Vladimir Yakubov), On Seas Contested (edited with Vincent P. O'Hara and W. David Dickson), and Fleets of World War II.

Go ye therefore and order multiple copies!

lol.....never let it be said that you have not mastered the art of social media usage. You and Ashton. [:'(]

Sounds interesting. And in electronic format no less.

[Tiornu]

Next step: mastering anti-social media. I think I'm there....
One good thing about Nimble is that they're set up in the UK as well.

[ilovestrategy]

Tom, tell us about those German helmets on top of your shelf. They look cool! [&o]