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Eagle Against the Sun

Ronald H. Spector

How did the Pacific war between America and Japan unfold, and how did it end the long pattern of Western dominance in Asia?

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Ronald H. Spector

Why read it

  • You will understand why the Pacific war was shaped by the sea, air power and vast distances
  • You will learn how each side's way of thinking about war shaped its choices
  • You will see why colonial powers returned to an Asia that no longer accepted their rule

Who it is for

  • A history reader who wants the whole Pacific war in one story
  • Someone who knows Pearl Harbor but little after it
  • A reader curious how the war reshaped modern Asia

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Prelude: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
  3. ONE
  4. States of Mind: American
  5. TWO
  6. States of Mind: Japanese
  7. THREE
  8. Orange
  9. FOUR
  10. Some Last Minute Changes
  11. FIVE
  12. The Issue Is in Doubt
  13. SIX
  14. The Short, Unhappy Life of ABDACOM
  15. SEVEN
  16. “The Vital Flank”
  17. EIGHT
  18. From Midway to Massacre Valley
  19. NINE
  20. Routes to Rabaul
  21. TEN
  22. Jungle Victories
  23. ELEVEN
  24. CARTWHEEL
  25. TWELVE
  26. The Dodging Tide
  27. THIRTEEN
  28. “They Are Waiting for Me There”
  29. FOURTEEN
  30. To the Marianas
  31. FIFTEEN
  32. “A Hell of a Beating”
  33. SIXTEEN
  34. The Road to Myitkyina
  35. SEVENTEEN
  36. Ichigo
  37. EIGHTEEN
  38. Strangers in Strange Lands
  39. NINETEEN
  40. Where Is Task Force 34?
  41. TWENTY
  42. Behind the Lines
  43. TWENTY-ONE
  44. The War of Attrition
  45. TWENTY-TWO
  46. From Leyte to Luzon
  47. TWENTY THREE
  48. “I Am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds”
  49. Photographs
  50. Bibliographic Note

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