This book, by James Bradley, is incredible. I bought it Friday evening and simply cannot put it down. It brings to life some of the carrier war and seems to give a nice overview of the Pacific theatre. More importantly, it provides tit for tat the atrocities that were committed by the Japanese and the Americans. I am appalled at the treatment of POWs, I knew a lot of it but when confronted with it page after page, I just shook my head. Friday evening, about 100 pages into the book, I simply had to put it down and had trouble getting to sleep. Interestingly, this is balanced as far as I can se because he paints both cultures, Japanese and American showing the differences, but the similarities in the way people were treated. I get the overwhelming feeling on the American side he is trying to get you to see that it was retaliation, but, I am not sure history bears that out. This is an incredible read and I highly recommend it. If I had stars to give, it would get all of them.