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Title: The Battle for Manila by R. M. Connaughton, John Pimlott, Duncan Anderson, Richard Connaughton ISBN: 0-89141-578-5 Publisher: Presidio Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: From a Filipino
Comment: The book details the thorough destruction of the most beautiful part of Manila which was south of the Pasig river. I was there during the shelling by American forces and the killing and raping by the Japanese marines. Friendly fire killed as many civilians as Japanese atrocities. What is lacking in the book is the perspective of the battle from a Filipino's eyes. All the examples written by the authors and all the anecdotes are those of Europeans. If 200,00 civilians were indeed killed during the battle, 99% of them were Filipinos! Yet, hardly any Filipino sources were used by the authors. Just look at the photos of the victims: all Europeans!
Rating: 4
Summary: Family Memories
Comment: My mother was born and raised in Manila and met my father there. I grew up hearing these stories first hand and saw the war damage with my own eyes. For myself, my mother, and her family and friends this book was an emotional juggernaut and extremely difficult to read. It's easy to say in hindsight, that what we did was wrong but, on the other hand when your friends, family and city is raped and mutilated before your very eyes there is no easy solution. History and war is seldom brought to the reading public on a personal level like this. This book personalizes it. The people and places are real. I know they are real. My family was there.
Rating: 3
Summary: Atmospheric re-view of the major Asian urban battle of WW2
Comment: This is a highly detailed account of the bitter fighting which left Manila in ruins. The voice of the book appears to be that of a committee, and it lacks the unified vision and humanity of say, a Cornelius Ryan. The authors seem to be smugly "wise after the event", bringing modern-day sensitivities to what was essentially a fight-to-the-death city wide bar-room brawl. Nonetheless, it's a must read if you are planning to go to Manila, where you can still visit the scenes where these vast, and minor, tragedies were played out. Soak in the atmosphere, but ignore the judgmental pronouncements.
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Title: Crisis in the Pacific: The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them by Gerald Astor ISBN: 0440236959 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: MacArthur and Defeat in the Philippines by Richard Connaughton ISBN: 1585671185 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 19 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: General Wainwright's Story by Jonathan M. Wainwright ISBN: 0553240617 Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm) Pub. Date: 01 January, 1986 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) by David Hackett Fischer ISBN: 0195170342 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Battle for Manila by Lawrence Cortesi ISBN: 0821713345 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp (Mm) Pub. Date: 01 February, 1984 List Price(USD): $3.25 |
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