For those of you looking for a good series about the Pacific Theater of Operations in WWII

Look no further than Ian W. Toll's book series on the subject.

Two of the three have already been released, with the third one scheduled for release in September. The first volume (Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942) covers the development of Mahanian naval doctrine, the build up of tensions between the United States and Japan, before diving into Pearl Harbor and climaxing with the improbable U.S. victory at Midway. The second volume (The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944) picks up the story with the Guadalcanal campaign before climaxing with the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The third and final volume (Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945) will start with U.S. operations against the island of Peleliu before climaxing with the final Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay.

I have read the first two books in the series and they offer an excellent overview to this often overlooked campaign of World War II. Schools generally focus the study of World War II on what happened in Europe, with the only mentions of Pacific operations being Pearl Harbor and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Toll really does a good job of informing the reader just how impressive a campaign the PTO was. I mean...it was the largest naval undertaking in history up to the present day. It's a shame it isn't studied as much.