Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV

“George Orwell, who wrote 1984, was mentioned in a debate about civil rights and totalitarianism.”

“The book 'Eagle Against the Sun' by military historian Richard H. Specter was cited as a favorite book related to the topic of civil rights violations during wartime.”

“Chang says 250,000 Chinese civilians paid with their lives in reprisals for the Doolittle Raid in his book. In his book Hirohito's War, author Francis Pike puts it this way, quote.”

“He was the most powerful prime minister, John L. McLean says in a modern history of Japan, the most powerful prime minister Japan had ever had.”

“There's a book called Bodyguard of Lies, which is all about the enigma and the ultra program and how they have to make trade-off sometimes and let troops go to their deaths in a situation where they know they shouldn't be going into that situation.”

“The author discusses Admiral Fletcher's miscommunication that led to launching an entire strike force against cruisers instead of carriers, highlighting the chaos of naval warfare.”

“Historian Craig L. Simons talks about the Japanese before the dive bombers show up and how they've been ripping apart all the American aircraft.”

“It's a great book, but you really have to want to know a lot about Midway. Jonathan Parchelle and Anthony Tully break the whole thing down like a Kennedy assassination investigation.”

“The speaker references a book discussing the attitudes of Japanese leaders after World War II, particularly regarding the decision to continue fighting instead of seeking peace earlier.”

“Author Robert Lecky in his book, Challenge for the Pacific, writes about Aberyst, Emerald Ernest King, quote, The Admiral was tall, hard, and humorless.”

“In his fabulous book, American Warlords, Jonathan W. Jordan writes about King, speaking, by the way, about General Marshall here.”

“In his book Guadalcanal, author Richard B. Frank describes the intensifying problems during the military operations in the Pacific theater.”

“Naval historian Craig Al-Simon's book World War II at Sea discusses the ambitious plans for the invasion of Guadalcanal.”

“Richard Tragaskas writes a book called Guadalcanal diary, where he published these writings about the American experience fighting the Japanese during the campaign.”

“Marine Corps veteran Tom Jones is quoted in the book The Things Our Fathers saw, and he was at the battle of the Teneru or Alligator Creek or what have you.”

“In touched with fire, the land war in the South Pacific historian Eric Berger writes, quote, crushed by Marine defenses and a counterattack, 800 Japanese infantry perished.”

“Marine Corps General Vandergrift, who is a hard man already, is quoted in Richard Frank Squado Canal, writing a letter just a couple days after witnessing the Tenor.”

“In the book, Japan at war and oral history, Harukutaya Cook and Theodore F. Cook include the thoughts of a lot of different Japanese folk from a lot of different perspectives.”

“This is cataloged in Lord Russell of Liverpool's book, The Knights of Bishito.”