Crisis in the Pacific - The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them, Gerald Astor.

Crisis in the Pacific - The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them, Gerald Astor.

An excellent account of the Second World War in the Philippines, from the pre-war American colony to the disasters of 1941-42, the long struggle of the resistance to MacArthur's eventual return and the costly battles that followed. The excellent text is based around first hand accounts of the fighting from the American point of view, both military and civilian.
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