Pacific War Book Reviews

TitleAuthorReviewerReview Date
Always Faithful Eric Hammel C. Peter Chen 4 Nov 2011
American Aces Against the Kamikaze Edward Young C. Peter Chen 6 Mar 2013
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964 William Manchester C. Peter Chen 7 Aug 2005
Code Talker Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila C. Peter Chen 3 Jul 2012
Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket’s World War II Odyssey Alvin Kernan David Stubblebine 3 Mar 2012
Darkest Hour Bruce Gamble C. Peter Chen 19 Feb 2007
Enterprise Barrett Tillman C. Peter Chen 5 Feb 2013
Escape from the Deep Alex Kershaw C. Peter Chen 25 Dec 2010
Escort Carrier WW II Rick Cline David Stubblebine 25 Nov 2008
Flags of Our Fathers James Bradley C. Peter Chen 22 Sep 2006
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage James Bradley David Stubblebine 7 Jul 2008
Fortress Rabaul Bruce Gamble C. Peter Chen 11 Sep 2012
Ghost Soldiers Hampton Sides C. Peter Chen 3 Nov 2010
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War William Manchester Jimmy Lebel 30 Jul 2010
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War William Manchester C. Peter Chen 11 Apr 2006
Guadalcanal: The U. S. Marines in World War II Eric Hammel C. Peter Chen 13 Aug 2007
Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu Jim McEnery with Bill Sloan C. Peter Chen 16 Jun 2012
Helmet for My Pillow Robert Leckie Jimmy Lebel 1 Sep 2010
Helmet for My Pillow Robert Leckie C. Peter Chen 24 Apr 2010
Imperial Japanese Navy Battleships 1941-45 Mark Stille C. Peter Chen 1 Aug 2008
In Harm's Way Doug Stanton C. Peter Chen 20 Aug 2005
Inferno Joseph A. Springer C. Peter Chen 14 Nov 2007
Japan 1945: From Operation Downfall to Hiroshima and Nagasaki Clayton K. S. Chun David Stubblebine 23 Jan 2010
Japanese Intelligence in World War II Ken Kotani C. Peter Chen 5 Aug 2009
Joe Rochefort's War Elliot Carlson C. Peter Chen 18 Aug 2012
Kamikaze: Japanese Special Attack Weapons 1944-45 Steven Zaloga C. Peter Chen 27 Jul 2011
Landing Craft, Infantry and Fire Support Gordon L. Rottman C. Peter Chen 3 Nov 2009
Midway: Dauntless Victory Peter C. Smith C. Peter Chen 28 Jun 2008
Native American Code Talker in World War II Ed Gilbert C. Peter Chen 24 Apr 2008
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal James Hornfischer C. Peter Chen 22 Aug 2011
No Ordinary Joes Larry Colton C. Peter Chen 25 Jun 2011
Odyssey of a Philippine Scout Arthur Kendall Whitehead Thomas Houlihan 22 May 2006
P-40 Warhawk vs Ki-43 Oscar Carl Molesworth C. Peter Chen 26 May 2008
Proud Echo Ronald McKie Dan K. 27 Aug 2008
Reminiscences Douglas MacArthur C. Peter Chen 31 Aug 2006
Requiem for Battleship Yamato Mitsuru Yoshida C. Peter Chen 26 Feb 2006
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 Max Hastings C. Peter Chen 14 Feb 2011
Santa Cruz 1942: Carrier duel in the South Pacific Mark Stille Andrew Nguyen 13 Mar 2013
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas C. Peter Chen 7 Mar 2011
Seafire vs. A6M Zero: Pacific Theater Donald Nijboer C. Peter Chen 27 Dec 2009
Shadows in the Jungle Larry Alexander C. Peter Chen 28 Nov 2010
Shattered Sword Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully   2 Dec 2005
Ship of Ghosts James Hornfischer C. Peter Chen 26 Aug 2010
Tales from a Tin Can Michael Olson Jimmy Lebel 25 Sep 2010
Tears in the Darkness Michael Norman and Elizabeth Norman C. Peter Chen 18 Jul 2011
The British Fleet Air Arm in World War II Mark Barber C. Peter Chen 3 Jul 2008
The Color of War James Campbell C. Peter Chen 14 Jul 2012
The Divine Wind Rikihei Inoguchi and Tadashi Nakajima C. Peter Chen 16 Nov 2006
The Fall of the Philippines 1941-42 Clayton Chun C. Peter Chen 29 May 2012
The Greatest U.S. Marine Corps Stories Ever Told Iain Martin C. Peter Chen 11 Jan 2008
The Greatest U.S. Marine Corps Stories Ever Told Iain Martin Thomas Houlihan 30 Sep 2010
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors James Hornfischer C. Peter Chen 29 Dec 2004
The Last Train from Hiroshima Charles Pellegrino C. Peter Chen 21 Feb 2010
The Lions of Iwo Jima Fred Haynes and James Warren C. Peter Chen 15 May 2013
The Pacific Hugh Ambrose C. Peter Chen 31 Oct 2011
The Pacific Campaign Dan van der Vat C. Peter Chen 28 Jun 2005
The Pacific War: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima Daniel Marston Jimmy Lebel 26 Feb 2011
The Pacific War: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima Daniel Marston C. Peter Chen 29 Mar 2010
The Struggle for Guadalcanal Samuel Eliot Morison C. Peter Chen 23 Mar 2006
The Twilight Warriors Robert Gandt C. Peter Chen 21 May 2011
The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns C. Peter Chen 25 Jul 2010
The West Point Atlas of War: World War II: The Pacific Vincent J. Esposito C. Peter Chen 16 Jan 2010
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Ted W. Lawson C. Peter Chen 5 Nov 2005
Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand C. Peter Chen 11 Dec 2012
Undefeated: America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor Bill Sloan C. Peter Chen 28 Jun 2012
US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1922-45 Mark Stille Andrew Nguyen 3 Oct 2009
US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942-45 Mark Stille Andrew Nguyen 8 Oct 2009
US Navy War Photographs Edward Steichen David Stubblebine 24 Mar 2009
US Patrol Torpedo Boats Gordon L. Rottman C. Peter Chen 22 Dec 2008
War Beneath the Waves Don Keith C. Peter Chen 30 Jun 2010
War in Pacific Skies Charlie and Ann Cooper C. Peter Chen 12 Mar 2011
War in the Pacific Richard Overy C. Peter Chen 12 Apr 2010
Warpath Across the Pacific Lawrence J. Hickey David Stubblebine 10 Apr 2012
Warship 2009 Anthony Preston C. Peter Chen 12 Oct 2009
Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945 Barrett Tillman C. Peter Chen 9 May 2010
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Eugene B. Sledge Jimmy Lebel 5 Nov 2010
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Eugene B. Sledge Bryan Hiatt 25 Jul 2005
World War II Japanese Tank Tactics Gordon Rottman and Akira Takizawa C. Peter Chen 20 Mar 2009
World War II US Cavalry Units: Pacific Theater Gordon L. Rottman C. Peter Chen 27 Oct 2009



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