WORLD WAR II - SUGGESTED READINGS

Note: These selections emphasize United States history, not the complete history of the war. Library call numbers are listed only if the book is in USD's Copley Library, or occasionally the UCSD Library.

Abbreviations: AHR (American Historical Review), FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt), JAH (Journal of American History), LC (Library of Congress), UCSD (University of California at San Diego), USD (University of San Diego),

** REFERENCE

Higham, Robin, ed. A GUIDE TO THE SOURCES OF UNITED STATES MILITARY HISTORY. 1981. 559p. USD 016.35500973 G946.

Hayes, Grace P. THE HISTORY OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF IN WORLD WAR II. 1982. 964p. USD 940.5373 H417h. Has excellent bibliographical essay.

Office of the Chief of Military History. THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. 75 vols. 1944-1986. Also known as the green books.

Morison, Samuel E. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. 15 vols. 1947-1962. USD 940.545973 M861h. The standard history by a foremost naval historian, traditional in interpretation. Especially good is volume 4, CORAL SEA, MIDWAY AND SUBMARINE OPERATIONS, 1949.

Craven, W. F. and J. L. Cate. THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II. 7 vols. 1948-1958. USD 940.544 U58a.

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. 5 vols. 1958-1968. USD 940.54 U58h.

** GENERAL

Churchill, Winston. THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 6 vols. 1948-1953. USD 940.53 C563s.

Wilmot, Chester. THE STRUGGLE FOR EUROPE. 1952. 766p. USD 940.53 W744s. A classic British military history of the European war emphasizing a big battalion interpretation and very critical of U.S. strategy. Not to be confused with H.P. Willmotts GREAT CRUSADE. 1990.

Snyder, Louis L. THE WAR, A CONCISE HISTORY 1939-1945. 1960. paper 703p. USD 940.53 S675w.

Leckie, Robert. DELIVERED FROM EVIL: THE SAGA OF WORLD WAR II. 1987. 998p. Leckie is one of the preeminent American military history synthezisers. A standard history of all American wars is his THE WARS OF AMERICA. 1981. paper 1160p. USD 973 L461w. 1992 revised HarperCollins hardback edition, 1281p.

Lyons, Michael. WORLD WAR II, A SHORT HISTORY. 1988. 367p. USD 940.53 L991w.

Keegan, John. THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 1989. paper 608p. One of the best single volume histories by well-known British historian of THE FACE OF BATTLE, 1976, and THE MASK OF COMMAND, 1987,but is a traditional retelling of a satisfying tale.

Buchanan, A. Russell. THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR II. 1964. 635p. USD 940.537 B918u. A basic history of the American military participation.

Perret, Geoffrey. THERES A WAR TO BE WON: THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. 1991. 623p. Readable but traditional narrative of the army in combat.

Jonas, Manfred. THE U. S. AND GERMANY: A DIPLOMATIC HISTORY. 1984. 335p. USD 327.73043 J76u.

Diggins, John. PROUD DECADES: AMERICA IN WAR AND IN PEACE, 1941-1960. 1988. 381p. USD 973.9 D573p.

** ORIGINS

Taylor, A.J.P. THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 1962. paper 296p. USD 940.5311 T238o. This origin of the infamous "Taylor thesis" argues Hitler wasnt so bad after all, just a traditional European statesman.

Bullock, Allen. HITLER: A STUDY IN TYRANNY. 1952. paper 776p. USD 943.086 H675b.Old but still the best biography. The latest work by this Oxford historian is the very long HITLER AND STALIN: PARALLEL LIVES. 1993.

Ulam, Adam B. STALIN, THE MAN AND HIS ERA. 1973. 760p. USD 947.0842 S782zu.

Conquest, Robert. THE GREAT TERROR. 1968. 633p. USD 947.084 C753g. Updated in THE GREAT TERROR: A REASSESSMENT. 1990. 570p. Chronicles Stalins murder of 20 million Russians.

Collier, Richard. DUCE! A BIOGRAPHY OF BENITO MUSSOLINI. 1971. 447p. USD 945.091 M989zc. Does not reflect pro-Mussolini revisionism of Renzo De Felice, INTERPRETATIONS OF FASCISM. 1977.

Manchester, William. THE LAST LION: WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL ALONE. 1988. USD 941.0840924 C563zm.

Burns, James. ROOSEVELT: THE SOLDIER OF FREEDOM. 1970. 722p. USD 973.917 R781zbr. The second volume of the standard biography that is more favorable than the first volume, LION AND FOX.

Marks, Frederich W. III. WIND OVER SAND: THE DIPLOMACY OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. 1988. 462p. A one-sided argument that FDR was a failure in foreign policy.

Kimball, Warren F. THE JUGGLER : FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AS WARTIME STATESMAN. 1991. 304p. UCSD Central E807 .K48. A collection of essays that argues for FDR's liberal vision.

Wilson, Theodore A. THE FIRST SUMMIT: ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL AT PLACENTIA BAY, 1941. 1969. Revised edition 1990 in paper. 320p.

Viorst, Milton. HOSTILE ALLIES: FDR AND CHARLES DEGAULLE. 1965. 280p.

Scott, William R. THE SONS OF SHEBA'S RACE : AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE ITALO-ETHIOPIAN WAR, 1935-1941. 1993. 288p. UCSD Central DT387.8 .S37

Taylor, F. Jay. THE UNITED STATES AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, 1936-39. 1971. 288p.

Little, Douglas. MALEVOLENT NEUTRALITY: THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. 1985. 290p. USD 946.081 L778m. Both U.S. and England disliked leftist Spanish Republicans and favored the rightist General Franco.

Offner, Arnold. THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND WORLD POLITICS, 1917-1941. 1975. 268p. Accuses FDR of appeasement.

Bailey, Thomas A. and Paul B. Ryan. HITLER VS. ROOSEVELT: THE UNDECLARED NAVAL WAR. 1979. 303p. USD 940.545 B156L. Very readable history of the 1939-41 naval conflict in the Atlantic that emphasizes Hitlers pathological hatred of FDR.

Van der Vat, Dan. THE ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN: WORLD WAR IIS GREAT STRUGGLE AT SEA. 1988. 424p. USD 940.545 V217a. Best volume on the wars longest campaign. Has also written THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN. 1991. 430p. USD 940.5426 V217p.

Schaller, Michael. THE U.S. CRUSADE IN CHINA, 1938-1945. 1979. 364p. USD 940.532273.S298u

Byrd, Martha. CHENNAULT: GIVING WINGS TO THE TIGER. 1987. 451p. USD 358.413320924 C518zb. A well-researched biography of a shadowy figure.

Ford, Daniel. FLYING TIGERS: CLAIRE CHENNAULT AND THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP. 1991. 450p. A popular history about colorful exploits signifying nothing.

Frye, Alton. NAZI GERMANY AND THE AMERICAN HEMISPHERE, 1933-1941. 1967. 229p. USD 327.43 F948n.

Diamond, Sander. THE NAZI MOVEMENT IN THE U. S. 1974. 380p.

Hearden, Patrick. ROOSEVELT CONFRONTS HITLER: AMERICAS ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II. 1987. 328p. USD 940.5311 H435r.

Cole, Wayne. Charles A. LINDBERG AND THE BATTLE AGAINST AMERICAN INTERVENTION IN WORLD WAR II. 1979. 298p. USD 940.5312 L742zc.

Smith, Truman. BERLIN ALERT: THE MEMOIRS AND REPORTS OF TRUMAN SMITH. 1984. 172p.

Heinrichs, Waldo. THRESHOLD OF WAR. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND AMERICAN ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II. 1988. paper 279p. USD 940.532 H469t. Well-told story of events of 1941 after passage of Lend-Lease, emphasizing increasing tempo of military requirements.

Klingaman, William. 1941: OUR LIVES IN A WORLD ON THE EDGE. 1988. 516p. USD 940.53 K65n. Broad cultural sweep of a pivotal year, although excessively anecdotal.

Iriye, Akira. ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. 1987. 202p. USD 940.53112 I68o. Tries to explain the rise of Japan in the historical context of the era rather than blame fanaticism.

Miller, Edward S. WAR PLAN ORANGE : THE U.S. STRATEGY TO DEFEAT JAPAN, 1897-1945. 1991. 509p.

** PEARL HARBOR

Millis, Walter. THIS IS PEARL: THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN - 1941. 1947. 384p. USD 940.5322 M655t.

Lord, Walter. DAY OF INFAMY. 1957. 243p. Overemphasis on individual stories.

Wohlstetter, Roberta. PEARL HARBOR: WARNING AND DECISION. 1962. 426p. USD 940.5426 W846p. Attack was not a colossal blunder but an ordinary failure.

Trefousse, Hans. THE PEARL HARBOR CONTROVERSY. 1982. 215p.

Prange, Gordon. AT DAWN WE SLEPT: THE UNTOLD STORY OF PEARL HARBOR. 1981. 873p. USD 940.5426 P899a. Most detailed one-volume account with emphasis on participants rather than culprits. See also his DECEMBER SEVENTH. 1987. 493p. USD 940.5426 P899d.

Toland, John. INFAMY: PEARL HARBOR AND ITS AFTERMATH. 1982. Challenges Prange and tries to re-open the back door theory, but is refuted by Pranges PEARL HARBOR: THE VERDICT OF

HISTORY. 1986. 699p. USD 940.5426 P899p.

Conroy, Hilary and Harry Wray, eds. PEARL HARBOR RE-EXAMINED: PROLOGUE TO THE PACIFIC WAR. 1990. 200p. USD 940.5421 P359. Collection of essays that defend FDR.

Slackman, Michael. TARGET: PEARL HARBOR. 1990. 354p. Uses oral histories.

** ESPIONAGE

Knightley, Phillip. THE SECOND OLDEST PROFESSION: SPIES AND SPYING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 1986. 436p. USD 327.1209 K71s. Critical of the importance of espionage to winning the war.

Winterbotham, F.W. THE ULTRA SECRET. 1974. paper 286p. USD 940.548641 W787u. The first book on Bletchley House by former British Secret Service Chief.

Cruickshank, Charles. DECEPTION IN WORLD WAR II. 1979. 248p. USD 940.54012 C955d.

Farago, Ladislas. THE BROKEN SEAL: OPERATION MAGIC AND THE SECRET ROAD TO PEARL HARBOR. 1967. paper 464p. USD 940.5485 F219b.

Lewin, Ronald. THE AMERICAN MAGIC: CODES, CIPHERS AND THE DEFEAT OF JAPAN. 1982. 332p. USD 940.548673 L672a. Broad and highly readable account along with his 1978 ULTRA GOES TO WAR, but pro-British.

Boyd, Carl. HITLER'S JAPANESE CONFIDANT : GENERAL OSHIMA HIROSHI AND MAGIC INTELLIGENCE, 1941-1945. 1993. 271p. UCSD Central D810.C88 B69

Drea, Edward. MACARTHURS ULTRA: CODEBREAKING AND THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN, 1942-1945. 1992. paper 312p.

Parrish, Thomas. THE ULTRA AMERICANS: THE U.S. ROLE IN BREAKING THE NAZI CODES. 1986. 338p. USD 940.54 P261u. Also in paperback as THE AMERICAN CODE BREAKERS.

Winton, John. ULTRA AT SEA: HOW BREAKING THE NAZI CODE AFFECTED ALLIED NAVAL STRATEGY. 1988. 212p.

Brown, Anthony Cave, ed. THE SECRET WAR REPORT OF THE OSS. 1976. 572p.

Smith, Bradley. THE SHADOW WARRIORS: O.S.S. AND THE ORIGINS OF THE C.I.A.

1983. 507p.

Ambrose, Stephen and Richard Immerman. IKES SPIES: EISENHOWER AND THE ESPIONAGE ESTABLISHMENT. 1981. 368p.

Page, Bruce and David Leitch and Phillip Knightley. THE PHILBY CONSPIRACY. 1968. 300p. USD 327.120924 P545zp.

Campbell, Rodney. THE LUCIANO PROJECT: THE SECRET WARTIME COLLABORATION OF THE MAFIA AND THE U.S. NAVY. 1977. 299p.

** MOBILIZATION AND THE HOME FRONT

Karl, Barry. THE UNEASY STATE: THE U.S. FROM 1915-1945. 1984. 257p. USD 973.91 K18u.

Blum, John. V WAS FOR VICTORY: POLITICS AND AMERICAN CULTURE DURING WORLD WAR II. 1976. paper 372p.

Lingeman, Richard. DONT YOU KNOW THERES A WAR ON? THE AMERICAN HOME FRONT, 1941-45. 1970.

Adams, Michael C. C. THE BEST WAR EVER : AMERICA AND WORLD WAR II. 1994. 189 p. UCSD Central D769 .A56 deconstructs the good war myths.

Gregory, Ross. AMERICA 1941: A NATION AT THE CROSSROADS. 1989. 339p. USD 973.917 G823a.

Brinkley, David. WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR. 1988. paper 286p. USD 975.304 B858w.

Koppes, Clayton. HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WAR: HOW POLITICS, PROFITS, AND PROPAGANDA SHAPED WORLD WAR II MOVIES. 1987.

Winkler, Alan. THE POLITICS OF PROPAGANDA: THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1942-1945. 1978. 240p.

Shulman, Holly C. THE VOICE OF AMERICA, PROPAGANDA AND DEMOCRACY, 1941-1945. 1990. paper 282p.

Hartmann, Susan. HOME FRONT AND BEYOND: AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE 1940S. 1982. 235p. USD 305.40973 H333h.

Campbell, DAnn. WOMEN AT WAR WITH AMERICA: PRIVATE LIVES IN A PATRIOTIC AMERICA. 1984. 304p. USD 305.40973 C187w.

Gluck, Sherna. ROSIE THE RIVETER REVISITED: WOMEN, THE WAR AND SOCIAL

CHANGE. 1987. USD 331.40973 G567r.

Lotchin, Roger W. FORTRESS CALIFORNIA, 1910-1961 : FROM WARFARE TO WELFARE. 1992. 420p. UCSD Central HD9743.U7 C25

Coates, Kenneth. THE ALASKA HIGHWAY IN WORLD WAR II : THE U.S. ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN CANADA'S NORTHWEST. 1992. 309p. UCSD Central D768.15 .C6

Koop, Allen. STARK DECENCY: GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN A NEW ENGLAND VILLAGE. 1988. 136p. USD 940.5472 K82s. Critical of New Hampshires Camp Stark that held many anti-Nazi Germans; anecdotal and soft reading in part.

Zahn, Gordon. ANOTHER PART OF THE WAR: THE CAMP SIMON STORY. 1979. 288p. USD 940.53162 Z19a.

Gardner, Audrie and Anne Loftis. THE GREAT BETRAYAL: THE EVACUATION OF THE JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II. 1969. 562p.

Daniels, Roger. CONCENTRATION CAMPS USA: JAPANESE AMERICA AND WORLD WAR II. 1971. 188p.

Weglyn, Michi. YEARS OF INFAMY: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAS CONCENTRATION CAMPS. 1976. 351p. The secret Munson Report done two months before Pearl Harbor found no disloyal Japanese- Americans.

** 1942 AND TORCH

Greenfield, Kent. AMERICAN STRATEGY IN WORLD WAR II: A RECONSIDERATION. 1963. 145p.

Weigley, Russell. THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR: A HISTORY OF U. S. MILITARY STRATEGY AND POLICY. 1973. 584p. USD 355.420973 W419a.

Larrabee, Eric. COMMANDER IN CHIEF: FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, HIS LIEUTENANTS, AND THEIR WAR. 1987. paper 723p. USD 973.9170924 L318c.

Essame, Hubert. PATTON: A STUDY IN COMMAND. 1974. 280p. USD 940.54210924 P322ze.

Blumenson, Martin. PATTON: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND, 1885-1945. 1985. 320p. USD 355.00924 P322zb.

Pogue, Forrest. GEORGE C. MARSHALL. 4 vols. 1963-87. USD 940.54 M368zp. The definitive biography. Ed Crays 1990 GENERAL OF THE ARMY is a good single volume biography, very readable narrative style, although still long at 847 pages.

Copp, DeWitt. A FEW GREAT CAPTAINS (1980) and FORGED IN FIRE. 1982. 531p. A two-volume history of the European air war, focusing on Arnold, Andrews, Spaatz, and Eaker.

Kennett, Lee. FOR THE DURATION . . . THE UNITED STATES GOES TO WAR, PEARL HARBOR - 1942. 1985. 243p. USD 940.5426 K36f. Examines only the first six months of the war.

Glines, Carroll V. THE DOOLITTLE RAID, AMERICAS DARING FIRST STRIKE AGAINST JAPAN. 1988. paper 258p

Hoyt, Edwin. BLUE SKIES AND BLOOD: THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA. 1975. 217p.

Prange, Gordon and Donald Goldstein and Katherine Dillon. MIRACLE AT MIDWAY. 1982. 469p. USD 940.5426 P899m.

Tuchman, Barbara. STILWELL AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN CHINA 1911-1945. 1971. paper 621p. USD 951.042 S857zt. One of the best histories of the China war by a superb narrative historian.

Venkataramani, M. S. QUIT INDIA: THE AMERICAN RESPONSE TO THE 1942 STRUGGLE. 1979. 350p. Argues FDR was not anticolonial.

Louis, William. IMPERIALISM AT BAY: THE U.S. AND THE DECOLONIZATION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 1941-45. 1978. 594p. USD 940.532 L888i. U.S. and England both came to agree on decolonization.

** 1943 AND THE PACIFIC

Costello, John. THE PACIFIC WAR. 1981. 742p. Massive survey of the Pacific War.

Iriye, Akira. POWER AND CULTURE: THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN WAR. 1981. paper 304p. Pacific war was not shaped by hatred and fanaticism.

Dower, John. WAR WITHOUT MERCY: RACE AND POWER IN THE PACIFIC WAR. 1986. 399p. USD 940.531 D746w. Pacific war was shaped by racism and hatred.

Toland, John. THE RISING SUN: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE, 1936-1945. 1970. paper 1072p. USD 940.5352 T647r. Well-written, sympathetic to Japan.

Thorne, Christopher. ALLIES OF A KIND: THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN AND THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN 1941-1945. 1978. 772p. USD 940.5322 T511a. Single most impressive study of World War II diplomacy since Herbert Feiss CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT, STALIN. 1957.

Hess, Gary. THE UNITED STATES EMERGENCE AS A SOUTHEAST ASIAN POWER, 1940-1950. 1987. 448p. USD 327.73059 H586u. Southeast Asia was crucial to U.S. in 1940.

Rotter, Andrew. PATH TO VIETNAM: ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN COMMITMENT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA. 1988. 304p. USD 327.73059 R851p.

Potts, E. Daniel and Annette. YANKS DOWN UNDER, 1941-45: THE AMERICAN IMPACT ON AUSTRALIA. 1985. 455p. USSD 940.5394 P871g. Better than John Moores colorful but incorrect 1981 OVER-SEXED, OVER-PAID AND OVER HERE.

Morison, Samuel. THE TWO-OCEAN WAR: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 1963. 611p. USD 940.545973 M861z.

Reynolds, Clark. FAST CARRIERS: THE FORGING OF AN AIR NAVY. 1968. 498p. USD 359.3255 R462f. Challenges Morison; it was not Spruance but Mitscher who won the war.

Belote, James and William. TITANS OF THE SEAS: THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF AMERICAN CARRIER TASK FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II. 1975. 336p.

Blair, Jr., Clay. SILENT VICTORY: THE U.S. SUBMARINE WAR AGAINST JAPAN. 1975. 1072p. USD 94O.5451 B635s. Submarine was a decisive Pacific weapon.

Holmes, Wilfred J. UNDERSEA VICTORY: THE INFLUENCE OF SUBMARINE OPERATIONS ON THE PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II. 1979. 505p.

Leckie, Robert. CHALLENGE FOR THE PACIFIC: GUADALCANAL - THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR. 1965. 372p. USD 940.5426 L461c.

Frank, Richard B. GUADALCANAL. 1990. 800p. A tactical history in overwhelming detail of the six-month campaign that was the turning point (not Midway) in the Pacific .

Newcomb, Richard. SAVO: THE INCREDIBLE NAVAL DEBACLE OFF GUADALCANAL. 1961. 278p. USD 940.5426 N538s. The story of the most humiliating defeat in the history of the United States Navy at the hands of Admiral Gunichi Mikawa.

Cameron, Craig M. AMERICAN SAMURAI : MYTH, IMAGINATION, AND THE CONDUCT OF BATTLE IN THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION, 1941-1951. 1994. 297p.

James, D. Clayton. YEARS OF MACARTHUR. 3 vols. 1970-1985. The definitive biography.

Manchester, William. AMERICAN CAESAR: DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, 1880-1964. 1978. USD 355.3310924 M776zm. More popular than scholarly.

Schaller, Michael. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, THE FAR EASTERN GENERAL. 1989. paper 352p. An all warts indictment of MacArthur rather than warts and all

Rogow, Arnold. JAMES FORRESTAL: A STUDY OF PERSONALITY, POLITICS, AND POLICY. 1963. 397p. USD 973.917 F729n.

Buell, Thomas. QUIET WARRIOR: A BIOGRAPHY OF ADMIRAL RAYMOND SPRUANCE. 1974. 486p.

Buell, Thomas. MASTER OF SEA POWER: A BIOGRAPHY OF FLEET ADMIRAL ERNEST J. KING. 1980. 609p.

Potter, E.B. NIMITZ. 1976. 507p. USD 940.54260924 N713zp.

Potter, E.B. BULL HALSEY: A BIOGRAPHY. 1985. 421p. The fifth and best biography by U.S. Naval Academy historian of 30 years.

** TEHERAN AND DIPLOMACY

Sainsbury, Keith. THE TURNING POINT: ROOSEVELT, STALIN, CHURCHILL AND CHIANG-KAI-SHEK, 1943: THE MOSCOW, CAIRO AND TEHERAN CONFERENCES. 1985. 373p. USD 940.532 S132t. A realist interpretation of the six-week explosion of decisive summitry, but pro-British.

Mayle, Paul. EUREKA SUMMIT: AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE AND THE BIG THREE AT TEHERAN, 1943. 1987. 210p. USD 940.5314 M469e.

Edmonds, Robin. THE BIG THREE: CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT, AND STALIN IN PEACE AND WAR. 1990. 608p.

Taubman, William. STALINS AMERICAN POLICY. 1982. 291p. USD 327.73047 T222s.

Higgins, T. SOFT UNDERBELLY: THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CONTROVERSY OVER THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1939-45. 1968. 275p.

Kolko, Gabriel. THE POLITICS OF WAR: THE WORLD AND UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY, 1943-1945. 1968. 685p.

** 1944 AND OVERLORD

MacDonald, Charles B. MIGHTY ENDEAVOR: AMERICAN ARMED FORCES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE IN WORLD WAR II. 1969. 564p. USD 940.5421 M135m. Also updated as MIGHTY ENDEAVOR: THE AMERICAN WAR IN EUROPE. 1986. 621p.

Weigley, Russell. EISENHOWERS LIEUTENANTS: THE CAMPAIGNS OF FRANCE

AND GERMANY, 1944-1945. 1981. 800p. USD 940.5421 W419e. Critical of U.S. generals who were too cautious, failed to maneuver (except for Joe Collins) and unnecessarily prolonged the war.

Hastings, Max. OVERLORD. 1984. 368p. Critical of performance of U.S. soldiers.

MacDonald, Charles. TIME FOR TRUMPETS. 1984. 712p. USD 940.5421 M135t. Favorable to U.S. soldier in Battle of Bulge.

Van Creveld, Martin. FIGHTING POWER: GERMAN AND U.S. ARMY PERFORMANCE, 1939-1945. 1982. 198p. Challenges the myth of Allied superiority and argues the Wehrmacht was better. In his 1991 book THE TRANSFORMATION OF WAR this Israeli historian challenges Clausewitz on the general theory of wars.

Knappe, Siegfried and Ted Brusaw. SOLDAT: REFLECTIONS OF A GERMAN SOLDIER, 1936-1949. 1992. 384p. Supports van Crevelds arguments.

Ambrose, Stephen. THE SUPREME COMMANDER: THE WAR YEARS OF GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. 1970. 732p.

Blumenson, Martin. MARK CLARK. 1984. 306p.

Wyant, William K. SANDY PATCH : A BIOGRAPHY OF LT. GEN. ALEXANDER M. PATCH. 1991. 249p.

Hapgood, David and David Richardson. MONTE CASSINO. 1984. 269p. Critical of Clark and Freyberg.

dEste, Carlo. FATAL DECISION: ANZIO AND THE BATTLE FOR ROME. 1991. 566p.

Fletcher, Marvin. AMERICAS FIRST BLACK GENERAL: BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, SR., 1880-1970. 1989. 228p. USD 355.008996073 D261zf.

Falk, Stanley. DECISION AT LEYTE. 1966. 330p.

YBlood, William. RED SUN SETTING: THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA. 1980. 257p. USD 940.5426 Y36r. Like Reynolds, critical of Spruance who was overly cautious in protecting Amphibious landings and failed to wipe out remainder of Japanese Navy.

Huston, James. OUT OF THE BLUE: U.S. ARMY AIRBORNE OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. 1972. 327p. Has good summary chapter of airwar.

Dugan, James and Carroll Stewart. PLOESTI: THE GREAT GROUND-AIR BATTLE OF 1 AUGUST 1943. 1962. 407p.

Coffey, Thomas M. HAP: THE STORY OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND THE MAN WHO BUILT IT: GENERAL HENRY H. HAP ARNOLD. 1982. USD 358.400904 A755zc.

Kenneth, Lee. A HISTORY OF STRATEGIC BOMBING. 1983. USD 358.41409 K36h.

Schaffer, Ronald. WINGS OF JUDGEMENT: AMERICAN BOMBING IN WORLD WAR II. 1986. 272p. USD 940.544973 S296w. Develops controversial 1980 JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY essay that bombing was immoral.

Sherry, Michael. RISE OF AMERICAN AIR POWER: THE CREATION OF ARMAGEDDON. 1987. 435p. USD 358.40097 Critical of strategic bombing strategy.

Underwood, Jeffery. THE WINGS OF DEMOCRACY: THE INFLUENCE OF AIR POWER ON THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION, 1933-1941. 1991. 234p. Strategic bombing had deeper historical roots than the post-Pearl interpretations of Sherry or Schaffer.

McFarland, Stephen L. TO COMMAND THE SKY : THE BATTLE FOR AIR SUPERIORITY OVER GERMANY, 1942-1944. 1991. 328p.

** 1945 AND LIBERATION

Abzug, Robert. INSIDE THE VICIOUS HEART: AMERICANS AND THE LIBERATION OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS. 1985. 192p. USD 940.547243. horrifying and very readable book

Wyman, David S. THE ABANDONMENT OF THE JEWS: AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST, 1941-1945. 1984. 444p. USD 940.531503924 W984a. Also good is his PAPER WALLS: AMERICAN AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS, 1938-1941. 306p. USD 325.210973 W984p.

Feingold, Henry. THE POLITICS OF RESCUE: THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION AND THE HOLOCAUST, 1938-1945. 1970. 394p. Blames FDR but also acknowledes many limiting factors preventing action.

Fleming, Gerald. HITLER AND THE FINAL SOLUTION. 1984. 219p. Exposes the arguments of David Irving. Also reliable is Raul Hilberg's THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EUROPEAN JEWS. 1985. paper 790p.

Durand, Arthur A. STALAG LUFT III: THE SECRET STORY. 1988. 412p. USD 940.5472 D948s. The Great Escape of March, 1944, but shows that the American and British POWs were actually well-treated by the Luftwaffe.

Bacque, James. OTHER LOSSES. 1989 by Stoddart Publishing Co. in Toronto. 248p. USD 940.547244 B129o. Controversial account of Allied mistreatment of German POWs in camps along the Rhine.

Bischof, Gunter and Stephen E. Ambrose, eds. EISENHOWER AND THE GERMAN POWS : FACTS AGAINST FALSEHOOD. 1992. 258p. UCSD Central D805.U5 E35. de

fends Ike against Bacque's charges.

MacDonald, Charles B. THE LAST OFFENSIVE. Washington : Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army. Series: United States Army in World War II. The European theater of operations, 1973. 532 p.

Smith, Bradley. OPERATION SUNRISE: THE SECRET SURRENDER. 1979. 234p. In Swizerland, the Axis army of north Italy surrendered five days before Germany.

Clemens, Diane. YALTA. 1970. 356p. Sympathetic to FDR.

Buhite, Russell. DECISIONS AT YALTA: AN APPRAISAL OF SUMMIT DIPLOMACY. 1986. 190p. USD 940.5314 B931d. Critical of FDR.

Miller, Aaron. SEARCH FOR SECURITY: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, 1939-1949. 1980. 320p. USD 382.42 M647s. World War II radically altered American vital interests and marked beginning of U.S. involvement in the Mideast.

Anderson, Irvine. ARAMCO, THE U.S. AND SAUDI ARABIA: A STUDY IN THE DYNAMICS OF FOREIGN OIL POLICY, 1933-1950. 1981. 259p. USD 338.76223382 A546a.

Randall, Stephen. UNITED STATES FOREIGN OIL POLICY, 1919-1948: FOREIGN PROFITS AND SECURITY. 1985. 328p.

Painter, David. OIL AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF U.S. FOREIGN OIL POLICY, 1941-54. 1986. 302p. USD 382.42282 P148o. Best account of how oil companies became instruments of public policy.

Rubin, Barry. PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND IRAN. 1980. paper 426p. USD 327.73055 R896p.

Tschirgi, Dan. THE POLITICS OF INDECISION: ORIGINS AND IMPLICATIONS OF AMERICAN INVOLVMENT WITH THE PALESTINE QUESTION. 1983. 341p. USD 327.7305694 T879p.

Woods, Randall. THE ROOSEVELT FOREIGN POLICY ESTABLISHMENT AND THE GOOD NEIGHBOR: THE U.S. AND AFGENTINA, 1941-1945. 1979. 277p. USD 327.73082 W896r.

Toland, John. THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS. 1966. paper 622p. USD 940.5421 T647L.

Marling, Karal Ann. IWO JIMA : MONUMENTS, MEMORIES, AND THE AMERICAN HERO. 1991. 300p. UCSD Central D767.99.I9 M28.

Hemingway, Albert. IRA HAYES, PIMA MARINE. 1988. 178p. Tragic story of the Native American who helped raise the falg on Iwo Jima.

Belote, James and Walter. TYPHOON OF STEEL: THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA. 1970. 368p. USD 940.5426 B452t.

Feifer, George. TENNOZAN: THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA AND THE ATOMIC BOMB. 1992. 622p.

Sherwin, Martin. A WORLD DESTROYED. THE ATOMIC BOMB AND THE GRAND ALLIANCE. 1975. paper 315p.

Thomas, Gordon and Max Pitts. ENOLA GAY. 1977. 327p. Well-written story of the bomb.

Rhodes, Richard. THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. 1988. paper 886p. USD 623.45119 R477m. Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.

Baxter, James. SCIENTISTS AGAINST TIME. 1946. paper 473p. USD 623.072073 B355s. won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947.

Williams, Peter and David Wallace. UNIT 731: JAPANS SECRET BIOLOGICAL WARFARE IN WORLD WAR II. 1989. 303p. USD 940.5413 W726u. BBCs 1985 producers vividly written book about Gen. Shiro Ishiis germ warfare and the Allied coverup.

Sigal, Leon V. FIGHTING TO A FINISH : THE POLITICS OF WAR TERMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN, 1945. 1988. 335p. UCSD Central D821.U6 S54

** AFTERMATH

Thomas, Hugh. Armed Truce, THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD WAR, 1945-1946. 1986. 667p. USD 909.824 T457a. One of the best recent narratives of the early cold war.

Douglas, Roy. FROM WAR TO COLD WAR, 1942-48. 1982. 224p. USD 940.532 D735f. Using new British records, blames Anglo-American failure to influence Stalin with economic pressure.

Harbutt, Fraser. IRON CURTAIN: CHURCHILL, AMERICA AND THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR. 1986. 370p. USD 940.554 H255i.

Maddox, Robert. FROM WAR TO COLD WAR: THE EDUCATION OF HARRY S. TRUMAN. 1988. 192p. USD 973.9180924 T867zma. Unlike the revisionists, argues FDR was firm with Stalin and Truman by 1946 learned also to be firm.

Perry, John. BENEATH THE EAGLES WINGS: AMERICANS IN OCCUPIED JAPAN. 1980. 253p.

Schonberger, Howard B. AFTERMATH OF WAR: AMERICANS AND THE REMAKING OF JAPAN, 1945-1952. 1989. 347p. A collective biography of 8 Americans who shaped occupation in context of Cold War.

Schaller, Michael. AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF JAPAN: THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR IN ASIA. 1985. 351p. USD 327.73052 S298a.

Cumings, Bruce, ed. CHILD OF CONFLICT: THE KOREAN-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP, 1943-1953. 1983. 335p. USD 327.519073 C536.

** PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

Sherrod, Robert. TARAWA: THE STORY OF A BATTLE. 1944. 183p. USD 940.5426 S553t. One of the first critical accounts of the war.

Murphy, Audie. TO HELL AND BACK. 1949. 274p. USD 940.548 M97T. Autobiographical account by Americas most decorated soldier of World War II.

Sledge, Eugene B. WITH THE OLD BREED AT PELELIU AND OKINAWA . 1981. paper 352p. One of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war.

Gray, Jesse. THE WARRIORS; REFLECTIONS ON MEN IN BATTLE. 1959. 242p. USD 940.548 G779w.

Fussell, Paul. WARTIME: UNDERSTANDING AND BEHAVIOR IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 1989. paper 330p. USD 940.54886 F994w. National Book Award; uses same literary approach as his award-winning 1976 THE GREAT WAR AND MODERN MEMORY but not as well in this rambling, uneven work that concludes that World War II was nothing more than chickenshit