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re: World War 2 book recommendations
Posted on 4/2/21 at 10:35 pm to BugAC
Posted on 4/2/21 at 10:35 pm to BugAC
Cornelius Ryan's "the longest day" and "a bridge too far"
Rick Atkinson Liberation Trilogy
Ian Toll's Pacific Trilogy
Last stand of the tin can sailors by James Hornfischer as well as his pacific books
Rick Atkinson Liberation Trilogy
Ian Toll's Pacific Trilogy
Last stand of the tin can sailors by James Hornfischer as well as his pacific books
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Posted on 6/17/21 at 4:04 pm to choppadocta
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Ian Toll's Pacific Trilogy
Just finished Toll's final volume, "Twilight of the Gods". Terrific books. King, Spruance ("The Pacific war is 10% strategy, 90% logistics"), Mitscher and several others just don't seem to receive enough credit for the critical roles they played. In addition to his focus on the US naval campaign ("the conquering tide"), Toll also presents a lot of fascinating info from Japanese archives regarding their strategy and thinking, including interviews (Nomura - "The US always arrived sooner than we expected"), letters to home and life on their homefront (schoolkids trained to fight with bamboo spears). Bear in mind Toll is a navy man, so you may not be onboard with some of his takes on MacArthur
If you're looking for a very readable and thorough history, from Pearl to V-J Day these are the books.
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