Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (519 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0394741013 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 624 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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PW praised his ability to "show how even the most efficiently run campaigns unfold against a background of violent dispute." NovemberCopyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. . From Publishers Weekly A historian at the Army Center for Military History, Spector concentrates on the problem of command in the Southern Pacific theaters, the rivalries between the various U.S. armed services and the problem of allocating resources
Japanese scholarship and documents, and research and memoirs of scholarly and military men, has written a stunning, complete and up-to-date history of the conflict.. Historian Ronald Spector, drawing on newly declassified intelligence files, an abundance of British and American archival material. Only now can the full scope of the war in the Pacific be fully understood
SImply The Best Single-Volume Book About Japan's War! Good books devoting themselves to the overall scope and breadth of Pacific campaign against the Japanese during World War Two are hard to find, but this book solves the reader's problem nicely. It is a comprehensive, entertaining, and fair-minded book that careful details both Japanese and Allied perspectives before, during, and at the conclusion of the war. This book is. "Well Executed Summary of the Entire Asia-Pacific War" according to Shane K. Bernard. I recommend Spector's book to anyone looking for an overview of the entire Asia-Pacific campaigns during World War II. The book examines not only fighting in the South Pacific at places like Guadalcanal, but also the China-India-Burma theater. However, don't expect a book in the Stephen Ambrose vein, with plenty of quotes from ordinary solders on the front lines. This is. Gregory Pierce said Well written, accurate historical narrative of the events,. Well written, accurate historical narrative of the events, politics, and leadership leading up to and prosecuting the war against Japan.