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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* Bergerud, Eric M. ''Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific'' (2000) | see also [[BBI/Bibliography]] for China-Burma-India | ||
* Blair Jr., Clay, ''Silent Victory'' 1975, on submarines | |||
* Buell, Thomas. ''Master of Seapower: A Biography of Admiral Ernest J. King'' | * Agawa, Hiroyuki. ''The Reluctant Admiral'' (1982) [http://www.amazon.com/Reluctant-Admiral-Hiroyuki-Agawa/dp/087011512X/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214102779&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Buell, Thomas. ''The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond Spruance''. 1974. | * Appleman, Roy Edgar, et al. ''Okinawa: the last battle'', (United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific) (1948), very thorough U.S. Army official history [http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/okinawa/ online edition] | ||
* Costello, John. ''The Pacific War''. 1982. | * Bartley, Whitman S. ''Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic'' (1954) [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-IwoJima/index.html online edition] | ||
* Bergerud, Eric M. ''Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific'' (2000) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=82355094 online edition] | |||
* Blair Jr., Clay, ''Silent Victory'' (1975), on submarines | |||
* Boggs, Major Charles W., Jr. ''Marine Aviation in the Philippines'' (1951) [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-AvPhil/ onlne edition] | |||
* Buell, Thomas. ''Master of Seapower: A Biography of Admiral Ernest J. King'' (1976). | |||
* Buell, Thomas. ''The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond Spruance''. (1974). | |||
* Costello, John. ''The Pacific War''. (1982). survey | |||
* Craven, Wesley, and James Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II.'' (1958). Official history in 7 vol; [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/I/index.html Vol. 1, Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942'' online edition] [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/IV/index.html Vol. 4, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944''. 1950 online edition]; [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/V/index.html Vol. 5, The Pacific: Matterhorn to Nagasaki''. 1953. parts on-line] | * Craven, Wesley, and James Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II.'' (1958). Official history in 7 vol; [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/I/index.html Vol. 1, Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942'' online edition] [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/IV/index.html Vol. 4, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944''. 1950 online edition]; [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/V/index.html Vol. 5, The Pacific: Matterhorn to Nagasaki''. 1953. parts on-line] | ||
* Dull, Paul S. ''A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941 - 1945)'', | * Dull, Paul S. ''A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941 - 1945)'', (1978) (ISBN: 0870210971) | ||
* Dunnigan, James F., and Albert A. Nofi. ''The Pacific War Encyclopedia.'' | * Dunnigan, James F., and Albert A. Nofi. ''The Pacific War Encyclopedia.'' (2 vol 1998) 772p. | ||
* Gailey, Harry A. ''The War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=94432774 online edition] | * Gailey, Harry A. ''The War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=94432774 online edition] | ||
* Hastings, Max. ''Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45'' (2008), 656pp | |||
* Hayashi, Saburo, and Alvin Coox. ''Kogun: The Japanese Army in the Pacific War''. Quantico, Va.: Marine Corps Assoc., 1959. | * Hayashi, Saburo, and Alvin Coox. ''Kogun: The Japanese Army in the Pacific War''. Quantico, Va.: Marine Corps Assoc., 1959. | ||
* Hsiung, James C. and Steven I. Levine, eds. ''China's Bitter Victory: The War with Japan, 1937–1945'' | * Hsiung, James C. and Steven I. Levine, eds. ''China's Bitter Victory: The War with Japan, 1937–1945'' (1992) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/chinas-bitter-victory-the-war-with-japan-1937-1945-by-james-c-hsiung-steven-i-levine.jsp online edition] | ||
* Hsi-sheng, Ch'i. ''Nationalist China at War: Military Defeats and Political Collapse, 1937–1945'' | * Hsi-sheng, Ch'i. ''Nationalist China at War: Military Defeats and Political Collapse, 1937–1945'' (1982) | ||
* Inoguchi, Rikihei, Tadashi Nakajima, and Robert Pineau. ''The Divine Wind''. 1958. Kamikaze. | * Inoguchi, Rikihei, Tadashi Nakajima, and Robert Pineau. ''The Divine Wind''. 1958. on [[Kamikaze]]. | ||
* James, D. Clayton ''The Years of MacArthur''. Vol. 2., 1972. | |||
* Kirby, S. Woodburn. ''The War Against Japan''. 4 vols. London: H.M.S.O., 1957-1965. Highly detailed official Royal Navy history. | * Kirby, S. Woodburn. ''The War Against Japan''. 4 vols. London: H.M.S.O., 1957-1965. Highly detailed official Royal Navy history. | ||
* Leary, William M. ''We Shall Return: MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan''. | * Leary, William M., ed. ''We Shall Return: MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan''. (1988). | ||
* Long, Gavin. ''Australia in the War of 1939–45'', Army. Vol. 7, The Final Campaigns. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1963. | * Long, Gavin. ''Australia in the War of 1939–45'', Army. Vol. 7, The Final Campaigns. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1963. | ||
* McCarthy, Dudley. ''Australia in the War of 1939–45, Army. Vol. 5, South-West Pacific Area—First Year: Kokoda to Wau''. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1959. | * McCarthy, Dudley. ''Australia in the War of 1939–45, Army. Vol. 5, South-West Pacific Area—First Year: Kokoda to Wau''. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1959. | ||
* | * Marston, Daniel, ed. ''The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima'' (2005), 272pp [http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-War-Companion-Harbor-Hiroshima/dp/1841768820/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214103598&sr=8-29 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Matloff, Maurice, and Edwin M. Snell [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/Sp1941-42/index.htm | * Matloff, Maurice, and Edwin M. Snell. ''Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare 1941–1942''], (1990), grand strategyfrom Washington perspective [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/Sp1941-42/index.htm online edition] | ||
* Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''History of United States Naval Operations in World War II''. Vol. 3, The Rising Sun in the Pacific. | * Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''History of United States Naval Operations in World War II''. Vol. 3, The Rising Sun in the Pacific. (1961); Vol. 4, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions. 1949; Vol. 5, The Struggle for Guadalcanal. (1949); Vol. 6, Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier. 1950; Vol. 7, Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls. (1951); Vol. 8, New Guinea and the Marianas. (1962); Vol. 12, Leyte. (1958); vol. 13, The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas. (1959); Vol. 14, Victory in the Pacific. (1961). classic official history of U.S> Navy | ||
* Okumiya, Masatake and Mitso Fuchida. ''Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan''. | * Nichols, Chas. S. Jr., and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. ''Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific'' (1955), excellent official Marine Corps history; [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Okinawa/index.html online edition] | ||
* Potter, E. B. and Chester W. Nimitz. ''Triumph in the Pacific''. 1963. Naval battles | * Okumiya, Masatake and Mitso Fuchida. ''Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan''. (1955). | ||
* Potter, E. B. ''Bull Halsey'' 1985. | * Potter, E. B. and Chester W. Nimitz. ''Triumph in the Pacific''. (1963). Naval battles | ||
* Potter, E. B. ''Nimitz''. 1976 | * Potter, E. B. ''Bull Halsey'' (1985). | ||
* Potter, E. B. ''Nimitz''. (1976). | |||
* Prange, Gordon W. ''At Dawn We Slept''. 1982 | * Prange, Gordon W. ''At Dawn We Slept''. (1982) , the standard history of the Pearl Harbor attack [http://www.amazon.com/At-Dawn-Slept-Gordon-Prange/dp/0140157344/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214102682&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Prange, Gordon W. ''Miracle at Midway''. , | * Prange, Gordon W. ''Miracle at Midway''. (1982), the standard history [http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-at-Midway-Gordon-Prange/dp/0140068147/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214102644&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Shaw, Henry et al. ''History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Vol. I: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal; Vol. II: Isolation of Rabaul; Vol. III: Central Pacific Drive; Vol. IV: Western Pacific Operations; and Vol. V: Victory and Occupation[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/index.html online edition] | * Shaw, Henry et al. ''History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Vol. I: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal; Vol. II: Isolation of Rabaul; Vol. III: Central Pacific Drive; Vol. IV: Western Pacific Operations; and Vol. V: Victory and Occupation'' (1968) [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/index.html online edition] | ||
* Smith, J. Douglas and Richard Jensen. ''World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites''. (2002) | * Smith, J. Douglas and Richard Jensen. ''World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites''. (2002) | ||
* Spector, Ronald. ''Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan'' | * Spector, Ronald. ''Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan'' (1985). [http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Against-Sun-American-Japan/dp/0394741013 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Toland, John. ''The Rising Sun''. | * Toland, John. '' The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945'' (1970); Pulitzer Prize history from Japanese perspective; [http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Sun-Decline-Japanese-1936-1945/dp/0812968581/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213479772&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Willmott, H. P. ''Empires in Balance''. | * Willmott, H. P. ''Empires in Balance''. (1982). | ||
* Weinberg, Gerhard L. ''A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II,'' | * Weinberg, Gerhard L. ''A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II,'' (2005), the most thorough coverage of grand strategy [http://www.amazon.com/World-Arms-Global-History-War/dp/0521558794 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Y'Blood, William. ''Red Sun Setting: The Battle of the Philippine Sea''. , | * Woodward, C. Vann. ''The Battle for Leyte Gulf'' (1947) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-battle-for-leyte-gulf-by-c-vann-woodward.jsp online edition] | ||
* Yahara, Hiromichi. ''The Battle For Okinawa'' (1997), Japanese perspective [http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Okinawa-Hiromichi-Yahara/dp/0471180807/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213434535&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search] | |||
* Y'Blood, William. ''Red Sun Setting: The Battle of the Philippine Sea''. (1980). | |||
* Zimmerman, John L. ''The Guadalcanal Campaign'' (1949) [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal.html online edition] | |||
===Primary sources=== | ===Primary sources=== | ||
* Evans, David C., ed, ''The Japanese Navy In World War Ii: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers'', Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1993 (ISBN: 0870213164) | * Evans, David C., ed, ''The Japanese Navy In World War Ii: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers'', Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1993 (ISBN: 0870213164) | ||
* Sledge, E. B. ''With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa.'' Presidio, 1981. Memoir. | * Sledge, E. B. ''With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa.'' Presidio, 1981. Memoir. | ||
===Online sources=== | |||
* [http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/ Australia at War]] | |||
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Bibliography
see also BBI/Bibliography for China-Burma-India
- Agawa, Hiroyuki. The Reluctant Admiral (1982) excerpt and text search
- Appleman, Roy Edgar, et al. Okinawa: the last battle, (United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific) (1948), very thorough U.S. Army official history online edition
- Bartley, Whitman S. Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic (1954) online edition
- Bergerud, Eric M. Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific (2000) online edition
- Blair Jr., Clay, Silent Victory (1975), on submarines
- Boggs, Major Charles W., Jr. Marine Aviation in the Philippines (1951) onlne edition
- Buell, Thomas. Master of Seapower: A Biography of Admiral Ernest J. King (1976).
- Buell, Thomas. The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond Spruance. (1974).
- Costello, John. The Pacific War. (1982). survey
- Craven, Wesley, and James Cate, eds. The Army Air Forces in World War II. (1958). Official history in 7 vol; Vol. 1, Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942 online edition Vol. 4, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944. 1950 online edition; Vol. 5, The Pacific: Matterhorn to Nagasaki. 1953. parts on-line
- Dull, Paul S. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941 - 1945), (1978) (ISBN: 0870210971)
- Dunnigan, James F., and Albert A. Nofi. The Pacific War Encyclopedia. (2 vol 1998) 772p.
- Gailey, Harry A. The War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (1995) online edition
- Hastings, Max. Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 (2008), 656pp
- Hayashi, Saburo, and Alvin Coox. Kogun: The Japanese Army in the Pacific War. Quantico, Va.: Marine Corps Assoc., 1959.
- Hsiung, James C. and Steven I. Levine, eds. China's Bitter Victory: The War with Japan, 1937–1945 (1992) online edition
- Hsi-sheng, Ch'i. Nationalist China at War: Military Defeats and Political Collapse, 1937–1945 (1982)
- Inoguchi, Rikihei, Tadashi Nakajima, and Robert Pineau. The Divine Wind. 1958. on Kamikaze.
- James, D. Clayton The Years of MacArthur. Vol. 2., 1972.
- Kirby, S. Woodburn. The War Against Japan. 4 vols. London: H.M.S.O., 1957-1965. Highly detailed official Royal Navy history.
- Leary, William M., ed. We Shall Return: MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan. (1988).
- Long, Gavin. Australia in the War of 1939–45, Army. Vol. 7, The Final Campaigns. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1963.
- McCarthy, Dudley. Australia in the War of 1939–45, Army. Vol. 5, South-West Pacific Area—First Year: Kokoda to Wau. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1959.
- Marston, Daniel, ed. The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima (2005), 272pp excerpt and text search
- Matloff, Maurice, and Edwin M. Snell. Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare 1941–1942], (1990), grand strategyfrom Washington perspective online edition
- Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 3, The Rising Sun in the Pacific. (1961); Vol. 4, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions. 1949; Vol. 5, The Struggle for Guadalcanal. (1949); Vol. 6, Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier. 1950; Vol. 7, Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls. (1951); Vol. 8, New Guinea and the Marianas. (1962); Vol. 12, Leyte. (1958); vol. 13, The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas. (1959); Vol. 14, Victory in the Pacific. (1961). classic official history of U.S> Navy
- Nichols, Chas. S. Jr., and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific (1955), excellent official Marine Corps history; online edition
- Okumiya, Masatake and Mitso Fuchida. Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan. (1955).
- Potter, E. B. and Chester W. Nimitz. Triumph in the Pacific. (1963). Naval battles
- Potter, E. B. Bull Halsey (1985).
- Potter, E. B. Nimitz. (1976).
- Prange, Gordon W. At Dawn We Slept. (1982) , the standard history of the Pearl Harbor attack excerpt and text search
- Prange, Gordon W. Miracle at Midway. (1982), the standard history excerpt and text search
- Shaw, Henry et al. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Vol. I: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal; Vol. II: Isolation of Rabaul; Vol. III: Central Pacific Drive; Vol. IV: Western Pacific Operations; and Vol. V: Victory and Occupation (1968) online edition
- Smith, J. Douglas and Richard Jensen. World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites. (2002)
- Spector, Ronald. Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan (1985). excerpt and text search
- Toland, John. The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (1970); Pulitzer Prize history from Japanese perspective; excerpt and text search
- Willmott, H. P. Empires in Balance. (1982).
- Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II, (2005), the most thorough coverage of grand strategy excerpt and text search
- Woodward, C. Vann. The Battle for Leyte Gulf (1947) online edition
- Yahara, Hiromichi. The Battle For Okinawa (1997), Japanese perspective excerpt and text search
- Y'Blood, William. Red Sun Setting: The Battle of the Philippine Sea. (1980).
- Zimmerman, John L. The Guadalcanal Campaign (1949) online edition
Primary sources
- Evans, David C., ed, The Japanese Navy In World War Ii: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1993 (ISBN: 0870213164)
- Sledge, E. B. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa. Presidio, 1981. Memoir.