any WW2 books from Japanese perspective, published in English?

[george minze]

When I was at Westminster, there was no "security" other than student night watchmen with watch clocks, checking the locked buildings. When girls came our senior year, some of us predicted without a campus police force, there would be serious issues with security. Friends who were there the year after we graduated told us that indeed that's what happened.

I wouldn't turn down a job at Midway or the Chapman Academy.

Who owns the Chapman Academy now???? I have heard the NRA has something to do with it....Chapman was such a mellow fella to deal with...NOT!!! I worked (for free) of course one year a long time ago Bianchi Cup...nuff said....Well come on back...If you thought it was gun country, it now is every body has a gun.....Open and CCW...Some have done well teaching CCW classes.....When I finally retired I sold guns at a large gun shop for over a year....In 42 years in LE I never had as many guns pointed at me....First time buyers...at 70 wow....

 

[Faulkner]

I have several of those already mentioned on my bookshelf, plus a couple of more I'd recommend;

"The Imperial Japanese Navy" by Paul Dull

"Sea of Thunder" by Evan Thomas. This is a look at four commanders and the last great naval campaign 1941-1945

 

[cmort666]

Well come on back...If you thought it was gun country, it now is every body has a gun.....Open and CCW...Some have done well teaching CCW classes.....When I finally retired I sold guns at a large gun shop for over a year....In 42 years in LE I never had as many guns pointed at me....First time buyers...at 70 wow....

I've still got friends in Fulton, and in the St. Louis/Pacific area. Phil(?) Herbert was our Ranger advisor, and after retiring, became the chief of police.

 

[cmort666]

I have several of those already mentioned on my bookshelf, plus a couple of more I'd recommend;

"The Imperial Japanese Navy" by Paul Dull

"Sea of Thunder" by Evan Thomas. This is a look at four commanders and the last great naval campaign 1941-1945

Another one, not written by a Japanese, is "War Without Mercy". It goes into great detail about the racial and cultural aspects of the war. The author's basic thesis is that both side's conduct of the war (and Japan's decision to enter the war) were steered in great measure by the racial and ethnic myths which the U.S. and Japan viewed each other.

We thought they couldn't fight.
They thought we wouldn't fight.

We were both wrong.

Fortunately for us, our system was FAR more susceptible to modifications of our world view in the light of reality on the ground. We changed our theories to match reality. Our strategy and tactics were altered accordingly. The Japanese on the other hand, altered their perception of reality to match their conceits. Guadalcanal, Midway, Saipan, Okinawa, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the result.

The followup to "War Without Mercy" is "Embracing Defeat". After the war, the Japanese demonstrated the cleverness and adaptability which they so shockingly lacked before and during the war.

 

[Thirties]

Thank you all . . .

Thank you all for the volume of replies! It'll be a busy winter going through some of the books!

 

[p08andt14]

"Journey to the Missouri"

One of the most fascinating reads of Japanese History from their prospective. "Journey to the Missouri" written by Toshikazu Kase, former Member of the Japanese Foreign Ministry Office and edited with a foreword by David Nelson Rowe, Professor of Political Science Research Associate, Institute of International Studies Yale University. Published by the Yale University Press 1950. Toshikazu Kase was Aid to Mamoru Shigemitsu (Foreign Minister) who signed the Document of Surrender "By Command and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Government". They are shown in the attached photos from my archives.

 

[monet61]

Thank you all for the titles to the different books. Not a subject that I have explored, until now. I have to say that my tour of the BB Missouri was one of the great experiances of my life.