Richard B. Frank is an internationally acclaimed historian of the Asia-Pacific War. He was an aerorifle platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam and is the author of Guadalcanal and Downfall. He is a member of the Board of Presidential Counselors of the National WWII Museum and lives in Annandale, Virginia.
Outstanding, wide-ranging.... Frank has a humane, sure eye for
detail.--Rana Mitter
Frank offers readers a wealth of material that provides a more
nuanced perspective of the events that preceded our entry into the
war....There will be two more volumes to come in this set, and I
cannot wait to read them.--Vick Mickunas
Frank succeeds in his goal to alter our view of World War II as a
mostly European clash in this informative book meant for all
serious world history readers, even those who presume to know all
there is to know about World War II.--Library Journal (starred
review)
Absolutely outstanding....brisk and compelling....a real game
changer for the historiography of the Pacific Theater in World War
II.--Jerry D. Lenaburg
The definitive account of the first phase of WWII in the
Pacific....This epic yet accessible account sets a new gold
standard for histories of the conflict.--Publishers Weekly (starred
review)
Monumentally researched....A painful yet riveting history,
especially valuable for historians and military buffs.--Kirkus
(starred review)
In this impressive reassessment of the early phases of the Pacific
War, Richard B. Frank offers a rare combination of deep
scholarship, thoughtful analysis, and compelling prose to
illuminate aspects of the war too-often overlooked in Western
accounts: China, Malaya, Burma, and Bataan. This is an essential
and rewarding work for anyone who wants to understand World War
II.--Craig L. Symonds, author of World War II at Sea: A Global
History
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