Pacific War


Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945
The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandEscape From Davao by John D. LukacsWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeHelmet for My Pillow by Robert LeckieThe Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
World War II in the Pacific
168 books — 159 voters
Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka''War and Peace'' in Studio Ghibli Films by Daisuke AkimotoB29 by Carl BergerFood and War in Mid-Twentieth-Century East Asia by Katarzyna J. CwiertkaEmbracing Defeat by John W. Dower
Grave of the Fireflies
20 books — 1 voter

Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World by Mark L. CliffordTai-Pan by James ClavellNoble House by James ClavellAt Least We Lived  by Emma OxfordAdventure, romance and war in the Far East by Iris Hay-Edie
Historical Hong Kong
15 books — 10 voters
With the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. HornfischerNeptune's Inferno by James D. HornfischerEscape From Davao by John D. LukacsGhost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Best Books on the Pacific War
238 books — 261 voters

Osamu Dazai
I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive--those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ...more
Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun

John  Toland
Kusaka was shaken by the realization that the American was as determined as any samurai. He silently prayed for him.
John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45

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