Authors and
Historians on the Roundtable
Updated: 21 January 2012
This
page lists books that relate in some way to World War II in the Pacific, and
which are the work of the historian/authors of the Roundtable. The entries below are in alphabetical order,
by author’s name, and include links to Amazon.com or to other web sites for
detailed information on each book.
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Books
that are of special interest on the Roundtable for their relevance to the
Battle of Midway are marked by: +
The
Pacific (2010) ~ Amazon.com
review
Touched
With Fire (1997) ~ Amazon.com
review
Fire
In the Sky (2001) ~ Amazon.com
review
+ Refighting the Pacific War (2011) ~ Amazon.com
review
+ Joe Rochefort’s War (2011) ~ Amazon.com
review
+
That Gallant Ship: the USS
Yorktown (CV-5) (1985) ~ Amazon.com
review
+
A Glorious Page in Our
History: The Battle of Midway, 4-6 June, 1942 (1990, 1998)
~ Amazon.com
review
Steady Nerves and Stout Hearts: the Enterprise (CV-6) Air Group and
Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 (1990) ~ Amazon.com
review
Infamous day: Marines at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 (1992)
~ Amazon.com
review
A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island (1995)
~ Amazon.com
review
Carrier Lexington
(1996) ~ Amazon.com
review
The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II (1999)
~ Amazon.com
review
USS Ranger: The Navy's First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934-1946 (2005)
~ Amazon.com
review
+ Life on a Tin Can: the Pacific War (2002) ~ Amazon.com
review
+ Hooked: Tales & Adventures of a Tailhook Warrior (2009) ~ Amazon.com
review
+
Crossing the Line (1994, 1997, revised edition 2005) ~ Amazon.com
review
+
Love and Glory: the Death of a
Torpedo Squadron (2005) (a novel) ~ Amazon.com
review
+
The Unknown Battle of Midway;
the Destruction of the American Torpedo Squadrons (2005) ~ Amazon.com
review
Attack-Repeat-Attack (2006) (novel, sequel to Love and Glory) ~ Amazon.com
review
Fear In the Dark (2007) (novel, sequel to Attack-Repeat-Attack) ~ Amazon.com
review
+ God Was At Midway (1997). Second
edition published as The USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway (2004) ~ Amazon.com
review
+ The First South Pacific Campaign; Pacific Fleet
Strategy, December 1941-June 1942 (1976) ~ Amazon.com
review
+
The First Team: Pacific Naval
Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway (1984, 2nd edition 1990, paperback 2005) ~ Amazon.com
review
The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Pacific Naval Fighter
Combat from August to November 1942 (1994, paperback 2005) ~ Amazon.com
review
Fateful Rendezvous: the Life of Butch O'Hare (1997, paperback 2004) by
Lundstrom & Ewing ~ Amazon.com
review
+
Black Shoe Carrier Admiral:
Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal (2006) ~ Amazon.com
review
+ Midway 1942: Vandpunkten i Stila havet [Turning Point in the Pacific] (2007). Swedish language. ~ publisher's
web page in English
+ A Dawn Like Thunder: the True Story of Torpedo Squadron
Eight (2008). ~ Amazon.com
review
+
Shattered Sword, the Untold
Story of the Battle of Midway (2005) by
Parshall and Tully ~ "Shattered Sword" web site
+
Aircraft Carriers: A History
of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Volume I: 1909-1945 ~ Amazon.com
review
Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on
World Events, Volume II: 1945-2006 ~ Amazon.com
review
The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (2004) ~ Amazon.com
review
Historic Naval Aircraft (2005) ~ Potomac
Books review
(This is only a small sample of
Norman Polmar’s works. For a more
complete listing of his many books on submarines, espionage, World War II, and
other topics, search “Norman Polmar” in Amazon.com.)
+
In Bitter Tempest: The
Biography of Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher (1994) ~ Amazon.com
review
+
No Right To Win: a Continuing
Dialogue with Veterans of the Battle of Midway (2006)
~ Amazon.com
review
+
Halsey’s Bluff (2009) (a
novel) ~ Amazon.com
review
Hawaii Under the Rising Sun:
Japan’s Plans for Conquest After Pearl Harbor (1984) ~ Amazon.com
review
(For a listing of Dr. Stephan’s many
books on other topics, search “John J. Stephan” in Amazon.com.)
+
The Battle of
Midway (2011) ~ Amazon.com
review
+
The Dauntless Dive
Bomber of World War II (1976)
~ Amazon.com
Review
+
TBD Devastator
Units of the U.S. Navy (1990)
~ Osprey
Review
+
Dauntless (1992) (a
novel) ~ Amazon.com
review
+
Wildcat Aces of
World War II (1995)
~ Osprey
Review
+
SBD Dauntless
Units of World War II (1998)
~ Osprey
Review
+
TBF/TBM Avenger
Units of World War II (1999)
~ Osprey
Review
+
Wildcat: the F4F
in World War II (2nd edition, 2001) ~ Amazon.com
Review
Clash of the Carriers (2005)
~ Amazon.com
Review
+
Pushing the
Envelope: the Career of Fighter Ace and Test Pilot Marion Carl (2nd edition, 2005) ~ Amazon.com
Review
Whirlwind: the Air War Against Japan (2010)
~ Amazon.com
Review
+
Enterprise (2012) ~ Amazon.com
Review
+ Pacific Crucible: War In the Pacific, 1941-1942 (2011) ~ Amazon.com
Review
Beyond Pearl Harbor: the Untold Stories of Japan’s Naval Airmen
(2008) ~ Amazon.com
Review
Web
site for the book: Beyond Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl
Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions
(2011) ~ Amazon.com
Review
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