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Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Mike - Goodreads

If you are not familiar with the war against Japan, you can hardly go wrong starting with this one. A very thorough account of the lead up to and conduct of the war. The only major flaw is the lack of ... Read full review

Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Dallynusa - Goodreads

This was the first book I read on the War in the Pacific. It began my quest to learn as much as I could about this theatre of war. I picked up this book in the summer of 2001, just after my father ... Read full review

Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Eddy Allen - Goodreads

Only now can the full scope of the war in the Pacific be fully understood. Historian Ronald Spector, drawing on newly declassified intelligence files, an abundance of British and American archival ... Read full review

Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Bruce - Goodreads

Considered by some to be the best single-volume account of World War Two in the Pacific Theater, Spector's book is comprehensive and readable without being so detailed as to be mind-numbing. Spector ... Read full review

Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Timothy Burke - Goodreads

Reading this for a group read here on Goodreads Read full review

Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Paul - Goodreads

Spector's single-volume history of the Pacific campaigns in World War II is a marvel of breadth and clarity. He begins with American and Japanese societies just prior to the war and ends with the ... Read full review

Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Justin - Goodreads

This book does a remarkable job of summing up the Pacific War in one volume. Read full review

Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Carl - Goodreads

Excellent! If you are interested in Japan, WWII, or the Pacific islands this is an important and easy book. It, however, is not a novel. Read full review

Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Duncan Cameron - Goodreads

A wide expanse of a subject which i imagine would be hard to hold together without sounding like a phone book. So well done Mr Spector. Never boring and immensely informative. Read full review

Review: Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The Macmillan Wars of the United States)

User Review  - Tom Hastings - Goodreads

Excellent single volume history of WW2 in the Pacific. Particularly good on the pre-war era. Caution: If you are a fan of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, you won't like this book. Read full review

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