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PACIFIC WAR: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST JAPAN, 1941-1945 (SECOND EDITION)

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Agincourt: A New History

Anne Curry

2005

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The definitive modern account of Agincourt, drawing on English and French sources to reconstruct the battle and debunk centuries of myth.

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Azincourt
Azincourt

Bernard Cornwell

2008

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Cornwell's masterful novel follows an English archer through the brutal Agincourt campaign — mud, terror, and the long-bow's devastating power.

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Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England

Juliet Barker

2005

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The definitive modern account of the Battle of Agincourt, combining close reading of contemporary sources with analysis of the armies, terrain, and tactics that produced Henry V's famous victory.

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Agincourt
Agincourt

Bernard Cornwell

2009

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"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet—the heroic tale of Agincourt. Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past—haun...

Same eventTags: Europe, Infantry, Medieval
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

E. B. Sledge

1981

MEMOIR

One of the most powerful firsthand accounts of combat ever written. A U.S. Marine's unsparing memoir of the Pacific island-hopping campaign.

Same warTags: Infantry
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Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

James D. Hornfischer

2011

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Definitive account of the brutal naval campaign for Guadalcanal, covering six major sea battles fought in Iron Bottom Sound.

Same warTags: Infantry
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Guadalcanal Diary

Richard Tregaskis

1943

MEMOIR

War correspondent's firsthand diary of the Marines' desperate first weeks on Guadalcanal — one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of WWII Pacific combat.

Same warTags: Infantry
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Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War

William Manchester

1980

MEMOIR

Manchester revisits the Pacific battlefields of his youth, weaving personal memoir with historical narrative across Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Okinawa.

Same warTags: Infantry
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War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War

John W. Dower

1986

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Pulitzer Prize–winning analysis of the racial dimensions of the Pacific War, examining how both American and Japanese propaganda dehumanized the enemy and intensified the conflict's brutality.

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The Pacific War
The Pacific War

Daniel Marston

2010

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Offers an introduction to the Pacific War, including such topics as the opening amphibious operations and Japanese naval strategy after Midway.

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The Turning Points in the Pacific
The Turning Points in the Pacific

Charles River Editors

2014

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*Includes pictures *Includes soldiers' accounts of the fighting *Includes bibliographies for further reading Although not as well-remembered as D-Day or even the attack at Pearl Harbor that preceded i...

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The Battle In The Pacific
The Battle In The Pacific

Florence Barrilleaux

2021

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The Midway Battle was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4-7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of th...

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A Time for Trumpets

Charles B. MacDonald

1985

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Comprehensive history of the Battle of the Bulge by a historian who fought in it.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
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Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers

Stephen E. Ambrose

1992

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The story of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from D-Day to the end of the war in Europe. Basis for the HBO miniseries.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
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Citizen Soldiers
Citizen Soldiers

Stephen E. Ambrose

1997

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The story of the American infantryman in the ETO from the breakout after D-Day to the fall of Germany, based on hundreds of veteran interviews.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
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Battle of the Bulge [The Young Readers Adaptation]
Battle of the Bulge [The Young Readers Adaptation]

Rick Atkinson

2015

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On the 16th of December, 1944, in the frozen forests of the Ardennes, the German army attacked American Allied forces, launching a final bid to turn the tide of World War II. Thus began the long, hard...

Tags: Europe, Infantry
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Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble
Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble

Andrew Roberts

2010

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Part of the ‘Making History Series’ – Waterloo is an exciting retelling of one of the moments that shook the world – Waterloo, one of the truly decisive battles of history.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
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Waterloo
Waterloo

Andrew Roberts

2005

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The author of "Napoleon & Wellington" takes a brilliant look at the conflict that ended Napoleon's reign and ushered in the modern world, with new evidence of just how the battle was lost.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
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The Traveller's Handbook for Constantinople, Gallipoli and Asia Minor
The Traveller's Handbook for Constantinople, Gallipoli and Asia Minor

Roy Elston

1923

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Tags: Europe, Medieval
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Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

1992

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Tags: Europe, Infantry