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Re-examining the trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, from the perspective of a career lawyer and professor of law. Ryan looks at the legal issues involved, from the presentation of affidavits and witnesses, to the problem of command responsibility…

Biographical studies of four Japanese generals and the major campaigns they fought, by a British military historian and officer.

The generals are General Tomoyuki Yamashita (both in the Malaya campaign and defense of the Philippines); Gen.…

Military history from the American point of view, written in gripping style. About half the book is on the defense of Bataan and Corregidor with little about the earlier ill-fated beach defenses. The remaining half deals with the POW experience: the…

Concise, detailed military account of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, USAFFE defense and eventual surrender in 1942. Well illustrated, with several rare Japanese photos seen for the first time; also with specially commissioned paintings and…

Scholarly study of the establishment and development of the Philippine Army, and the Philippine national defense plan, in the years of the Philippine Commonwealth, through the outbreak of World War II.

Based on interviews, official reports and…

An overview of Filipino guerrillas through time, from pre-colonial times until the post-World War II era. Sweeping in scope, but not in detail, concluding that Filipinos fought best as guerrillas.

Has only one brief chapter on World War II in the…