The Pacific War by William B. Hopkins

→  December 1st, 2009  →  Reviews

I have read a lot of books on the individual battles fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II, but I have not read much on the strategy used by American political and military leaders – other than Plan Orange. So, in order to learn more about the strategy, I decided to read [...]

LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay by Warren Kozak

→  July 17th, 2009  →  Reviews

Unlike many of the great ground commanders of World War II, most of the great air force generals other than Jimmy Doolittle are ciphers to even aficionados of World War II history. One of the least studied and arguably most significant of these is General Curtis Lemay.
LeMay’s life is not only one of a great [...]