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Originally Posted by M1903A1
Somehow I wasn't quite pleased with Hoyt's "Japan's War", though I don't remember why. Perhaps I need to give it another look. Hoyt's book on the European theater, "The GI's War", is so good I would actually recommend it before Ambrose's works (in a "read this first" sense).
One that I have "mixed positive" feelings about is a two volume book called "Japan's Imperial Conspiracy". I am a doubter about the conspiracy aspects of the book, but as I recall the level of detail and interconnection the author went into is incredible.
And on the Pacific War, two other books (still in print) I would wholeheartedly recommend: "The Rising Sun" by John Toland (an absolute must-have) and "Eagle Against The Sun" by Ronald Spector.
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Thanks for the feedback. This book was the first one I've read for this perspective on the war, so I would take my view on it as such. But it was given to me by a fellow lifter and BOTL, who is an avid history buff and a Marine. His dad was a WWII bomber guy also. He told me it was one of the better books on Japan's perspective/history of their involvement. One thing I did note; it did seem to try to make the emperor seem more of a dupe of the Army and Navy in the whole thing, and I don't know enough to judge that view.
Also, thanks for the other Hoyt recommendation; I will give that a read. I really have been bitten by the bug on WWII and Revolution history. I'm lucky to have a 94 year old neighbor who fought in Europe and survived, who wants to tell me his stories. Unbelievable what they had to do. From what I've read, the Pacific campaign was even worse.
Joe