{"product_id":"eagle-against-the-sun-the-american-war-with-japan-paperback","title":"Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald H. Spector\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best book by far on the Pacific War\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), this classic one-volume history of World War II in the Pacific draws on declassified intelligence files; British, American, and Japanese archival material; and military memoirs to provide a stunning and complete history of the conflict. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \"superbly readable, insightful, gripping\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e) contribution to WWII history combines impeccable research with electrifying detail and offers provocative interpretations of this brutal forty-four-month struggle. Author and historian Ronald H. Spector reassesses US and Japanese strategy and shows that the dual advance across the Pacific by MacArthur and Nimitz was more a pragmatic solution to bureaucratic, doctrinal, and public relations problems facing the Army and Navy than a strategic calculation. He also argues that Japan made its fatal error not in the Midway campaign but in abandoning its offensive strategy after that defeat and allowing itself to be drawn into a war of attrition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpector skillfully takes us from top-secret strategy meetings in Washington, London, and Tokyo to distant beaches and remote Asian jungles with battle-weary GIs. He reveals that the US had secret plans to wage unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan months before Pearl Harbor and shows that MacArthur and his commanders ignored important intercepts of Japanese messages that would have saved thousands of lives in Papua and Leyte. Throughout, Spector contends that American decisions in the Pacific War were shaped more often by the struggles between the British and the Americans, and between the Army and the Navy, than by strategic considerations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpector vividly recreates the major battles, little-known campaigns, and unfamiliar events leading up to the deadliest air raid ever, adding a new dimension to our understanding of the American war in the Pacific and the people and forces that determined its outcome.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRonald H. Spector is an award-winning scholar of modern military history and has taught at the National War College and the US Army War College. A frequent contributor to scholarly journals, his publications include \u003ci\u003eIn the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAfter Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e. He is professor of history and international affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52042053124397,"sku":"9781982135232","price":23.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/eagle-against-the-sun-the-american-war-with-japan-paperback-9427445.webp?v=1780172527","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/eagle-against-the-sun-the-american-war-with-japan-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}