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Johnathan Taylor Hoyle
Hist 4000
Dr. Morrill
24 June, 2008
Annotated
Bibliography
Sledge, Eugene.
With the Old Breed. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1990
Sledge uses this
monograph as a memoir to the events that entitled his life during WWII.
The writing itself contends to the battles on Peleliu, and Okinawa.
Sledge, belonging to an artillery division of the Marine Corp tells of
the horrors of war, and shows full detail of what a small town southern
boy saw in The Pacific Theatre. The first hand experience shown
throughout his novel sheds light and exposes the truth and reality of
fighting in the Pacific Theatre, and the effect it had on those
involved.
Hastings, Max.
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-1945.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Hastings in this
nonfiction writing selected the last year of WWII in Japan. Hastings
uses this to show the failures of both the Allies and the Japanese;
though eh shows a somewhat one sided selection to favor the Allies.
Hastings follows all of the major leaders and decision makers on both
sides and critically asses them. Hastings maintains the idea of how many
people are required to make decisions that decide millions of lives?
The work follows the war until the dropping of the Atomic Bombs showing
the devastation caused.
Walworth, Arthur.
Black Ships off Japan the Story of Commodore Perry’s Expedition.
Connecticut: Archon Books, 1966.
Walworth in this time
lined monograph shows the beginning of the expedition to Japan; how the
American’s Handled themselves, and the lack of respect that the Japanese
had for them. This is written to show the opening act in a continuous
drama of Japanese-American relations, and the clash of religion and
lifestyles that occurred. The writing shows the unfair treaties in a
true light as they were forced upon Japan to open their ports to trade.
Rusbridger, James ;
Nave, Eric. Betrayal at Pearl Harbor, How Churchill lured Roosevelt
into World War II. New York: Touchtone, 1991.
This eye opening Book
shows in detail how England’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill Knew
about the attack on Pearl Harbor before it happened, and did not reveal
this to the Americans hoping it would lure them into the war. The book
discusses the code breaking of Germanys Enigma codes, and the messages
that were collected. The author’s research leads their audience to
believe that the attack could have been halted if it was known about,
and lives were lost due to this. This book opens the idea that deception
was on both sides of the fence in WWII.
Mason Jr, John T.
The Pacific War Remembered. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press,
1986.
This oral collection of
history is written as a Timeline of accounts during WWII. The book
compiles stories from Admiral’s and Captain’s in the United States Navy
during the war. Beginning with accounts from the attack on Pearl Harbor
and ending on The Missouri at Okinawa. This collection is a valid and
secure way to look into the history of the war through accounts of the
people who saw it happen.
Wiley, Peter Booth;
Ichiro Korogi. Yankees in the Land of the Gods. New York:
Viking, Penguin, 1990.
This Book is written as
an account of the interactions of the Japanese and The American’s with
the arrival of Commodore Perry in Japan in the mid 1800’s. The book,
through the eyes of both authors shows the accounts of the Japanese, and
the Americans’ involved in the opening of Japan to trade. The book
follows American History until the opening in the lives of the Officers
involved, both of the times Japan was opened and the treaties that came
from them.
Ebrey, Patricia;
Walthall, Anne, Palais, James. Modern East Asia: From 1600.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.
This text is a
collective timeline of Korea, Japan, and China. This text follows all
three countries from 1600 until modern day. This text shows a
historical account of all actions in the three countries, from
rebellions to revolutions to wars. The text rotates in a time lined
order of the three countries to what was going on in them individually
and how actions effected the countries that coincided in Eastern Asia.
Walthall, Anne.
The Human Tradition in Japan. Lanham: SR Books, 2002.
This collection of
stories is written and compiled to show personal accounts of Japanese
citizens that lived through different selected time frames in Japan.
The Collection moves from The Shogun Period in Japan; to the Meji
Restoration, until the post war period of Japan after WWII.
Walker, J. Samuel.
Prompt and utter destruction, Truman and the use of Atomic Bombs
against Japan. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press,
2004.
This text written by
Walker is written with the intention to show the decision to use the
Atomic Bombs on Japan to end WWII. Walker depicts Truman in a light that
some may fin unsavory, yet his goal is to show why the bomb was dropped,
and those who decided to do so. Walker evaluates the decision by both
historical data and to try and decipher if this was just decision and
how the destruction caused to Hiroshima and Nagasaki was in some eyes
unnecessary.
Kelly, Cynthia C.
The Manhattan Project New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers,
2007.
The Manhattan Project
is written to show the building of the Atomic Bombs, and its
possibilities. The book shows all of those scientific individuals that
were involved, and the process they went through in Los Alamos,
Tennessee, and Washington. The book looks into the minds of those in
charge; and those who were recruited to design, build and test the bomb.
The book shows the secrecy involved and those who let the secret out and
the consequences of the bomb, after its use, and its effect on those who
built it.
Hones, Shelia; Endo,
Yasou. History, distance, and text: narratives of the 1853 – 1854
Perry expedition to Japan Journal of Historical Geography,
July 2006; Vol. 32 , issue 33 pg. 563-578
In this article the
authors’ conclude that the arrival of Commodore Perry in Japan was a
stepping stone to build the economy at the time. The trade for silk and
goods was needed, and though the forcing of Japan to open their ports
was unfair through its treaties it was a necessary evil. The article
also put emphasis on the distance needed to travel to complete the trade
routes, this being significant at the time, yet it allowed for goods to
flourish, and economies and technology to be passed to both countries.
Wilson, Andrew. G.
Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American
Imperialism in 1853. U.S. Naval Proceedings, April 2007,
Vol.133 Issue 4 pg. 80-82.
This article tells the
Historical account of Commodore Perry and Lord Abe’s encounter in Japan
in 1853. Wilson uses historical documentation to derive inforation about
the event; the opening of Japan, and the long term effects of opening
“Pandora’s Box. This article shows the initial effects of the encounter,
and goes into the long term effects that have been felt in history.
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