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BryceC said:
The audible books are true performances. It’s an old school radio play.
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It’s funny because I was just about to pick the first book up at the store when I was reading an article raving about the audible version. Glad I went that direction.

I also use audible for basically all the Star Wars books. They did an incredible job with pretty much every single Star Wars book I’ve listened to.
 
Just finished We Could Be Rats. At times heartbreaking and at times hilarious. Two sisters dealing with one's suicide attempt. Lots of dark humor for a serious topic.

Going to start the The Last Colony, the 3rd book of the Old Man's War series by John Scalzi.
 
enisthemenace said:
WWII has always fascinated me. I’ve gotten into more of the years leading up to the war as opposed to the ones about actual war time. It’s EASY to find books about Europe. The Coming of The Third Reich by Richard Evans is a great example, and I’ll look into Furst. What is not as easy to find is information about Japan/Asia pre-war. I’ve read Japan 1941 by Eri Hotta and Tower of Skulls by Richard Frank. While great books, they aren’t really what I’ve been searching for. I feel like this “Bankrupting the Enemy” by Edward Miller is going to give me what I want to know more about. I’ve read a lot of books about Roosevelt, and they give a peak into that pre-war environment, but not nearly enough.

If anyone has other suggestions, I’d love to hear them.
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Not sure what you are looking for. Japan didn't experience an interwar period like Europe.

They basically continued their imperial expansion into China, Russia/Soviet Union, and neighboring islands that started in the mid to late 19th century after the fall of the Shogunate.

After the European powers carved up the German and Austrian-, Hungarian empires, they stopped fighting Imperial wars of expansion.

Japan was in the middle of a war with China when they decided to Attack the US.

One thing of note, Japan lost a border war with Russia that resulted in the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact in April 1941.

This probably made Japan feel safe to attack the United States. And allowed Stalin to pull troops out of the far east to defend Moscow during the German invasion.
 
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DarkStar said:
Not sure what you are looking for. Japan didn't experience an interwar period like Europe.

They basically continued their imperial expansion into China, Russia/Soviet Union, and neighboring islands that started in the mid to late 19th century after the fall of the Shogunate.

After the European powers carved up the German and Austrian-, Hungarian empires, they stopped fighting Imperial wars of expansion.

Japan was in the middle of a war with China when they decided to Attack the US.

One thing of note, Japan lost a border war with Russia that resulted in the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact in April 1941.

This probably made Japan feel safe to attack the United States. And allowed Stalin to pull troops out of the far east to defend Moscow during the German invasion.
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While true Japan and China were at war (Tower of Skulls touches a lot of this) the US was a major thorn in Japan’s side during that conflict, and it boiled over. A lot of disruption of supply chains in SE Asia and the oil embargo basically forced Japan’s hand, I believe.

That’s the stuff I want to know more about. How much of Pearl Harbor was “Japan feeling safe” vs “Japan felt they had no other option”.
 
BWRhasnoAC said:
I was expecting a more psychological kind of book being it's an isolated human saving the world but it was more of a happy tone with much less science. I was a little disappointed but that's probably because of the hype. Still a good book and fun read.

I read a different book called Infinite by Jeremy Robinson that has a similar premise and it's so great. I liked it better than Project Hail Mary. It's more adult and gruesome.
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I started infinite last night and you were correct when you said it punches you in the face right away. Sad to say it is the first book I have started in a while
 
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Blue Blood by Edward Conlin. Then in honor of our 250th anniversary, I searched for a book that capsulized each President and came up with Confronting the Presidents for my next reading adventure. If anyone has a recommendation for a different book that covers each Presidency, please suggest. I suspect that Confronting the Presidents by Bill O'Reilly may be slanted and not accurate to a degree. Trust that sentence won't get this post removed.
 
enisthemenace said:
WWII has always fascinated me. I’ve gotten into more of the years leading up to the war as opposed to the ones about actual war time. It’s EASY to find books about Europe. The Coming of The Third Reich by Richard Evans is a great example, and I’ll look into Furst. What is not as easy to find is information about Japan/Asia pre-war. I’ve read Japan 1941 by Eri Hotta and Tower of Skulls by Richard Frank. While great books, they aren’t really what I’ve been searching for. I feel like this “Bankrupting the Enemy” by Edward Miller is going to give me what I want to know more about. I’ve read a lot of books about Roosevelt, and they give a peak into that pre-war environment, but not nearly enough.

If anyone has other suggestions, I’d love to hear them.
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The Rising Sun by John Toland has always been one of my favorites.

Also, on WWII in general, The Second World War by Churchill is an interesting perspective. Self serving, of course, but very interesting none the less.

Edit to add: With the Old Breed by EB Sledge is one of the most brutal accounts of the Pacific War that you'll read
 
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