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Mentioned in 5 episodes

Eagle against the sun

Book • 1984

Ronald H. Spector

This classic book provides a detailed and gripping account of the Pacific War, drawing on declassified intelligence files and archival material.

It reassesses US and Japanese strategies, highlighting the dual advance by MacArthur and Nimitz as a pragmatic solution to bureaucratic issues.

Spector argues that Japan's fatal error was abandoning its offensive strategy after Midway, leading to a war of attrition.

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Mentioned in 5 episodes

Mentioned by

Dan Carlin

when discussing MacArthur's public relations and self-promotion.

Show 64 - Supernova in the East III

Mentioned by

Dan Carlin

when describing the beginning of the Battle of Peleliu.

Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI

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Dan Carlin

as a source to avoid suggestions of bias in the discussion of Japanese American internment.

Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV

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Dan Carlin

as a source for information on the Marianas campaign.

Show 66 - Supernova in the East V

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Jocko Willink

when analyzing the casualties of Iwo Jima from a historical perspective.

497: Lessons About Human Will and Those Who Don't Break. "Combat Leadership at Iwo".

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