Not specifically 'Pac War' books, but some, although mostly 'Far East' War books, and by no means a complete least at that, and some of which have been mentioned above, but I'm not about to sort through the list and sort them out.
Best, KD
NOTE: In NO particular order of importance.
Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors by James D. Hornfischer
A Blue Sea of Blood: Deciphering the Mysterious Fate of the USS Edsall by Donald M. Kehn Jr.
Ship of Courage: The Epic Story of HMAS Perth and Her Crew by Brendan Whiting
The Battle of the Java Sea by David Thomas
The Last Battle Station: The Story of the USS Houston by Duane Schultz
Cruel Conflict: the Crew and the Cruiser HMAS Perth by Kathyrn Spurling
The Lonely Ships: The Life and Death of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet by Edwin P. Hoyt
U.S.S. Houston : The last flagship of the Asiatic Fleet by Heber A Holbrook
Old Friends, New Enemies: The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy, vol. 1: Strategic illusions, 1936-1941 by Arthur J. Marder
HMS Electra by T.J. Cain
The Hunting of Force Z by Richard Hough
The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse: The End of a Battleship Era? by Martin Middlebrook
Hostages to Fortune: Winston Churchill and the Loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse by Arthur Nicholson
Barrier and the Javelin: Japanese and Allied Strategies, February to June 1942 by H. P. Willmott
Empires in the Balance: Japanese and Allied Pacific Strategies to April 1942 by H. P. Willmott
The Rise and Fall of the Singapore Naval Base, 1919-1942 by W. David McIntyre
Battle for Singapore: The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II by Peter Thompson
Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II by Colin Smith
Percival and the Tragedy of Singapore by John George Smyth
Scapegoat: General Percival of Singapore by Clifford Kinvig
Guns of February: Ordinary Japanese Soldiers' View of the Malayan Campaign and the Fall of Singapore, 1941-42 by Henry P. Frei
Singapore 1941-1942 by Louis Allen
The Mastermind Behind Japan's Greatest Victory, Britain's Worst Defeat: The Capture of Singapore 1942 by Masanobu Tsuji
The Most Dangerous Moment: The Japanese Assault on Ceylon 1942 by Michael Tomlinson
Japanese Army in World War II: Conquest of the Pacific 1941-42 by Gordon L. Rottman
Ragged, Rugged Warriors by Martin Caidin
The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway by John B. Lundstrom
Doomed at the Start: American Pursuit Pilots in the Philippines, 1941-1942 by William H. Bartsch
Fortnight of Infamy: The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of Pearl Harbor by John Burton
Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan: The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942 by Tom Womack
Hurricanes Over Singapore: RAF, RNZAF and NEI Fighters in Action Against the Japanese Over the Island and the Netherlands East Indies, 1942 by Brian Cull
BUFFALOES OVER SINGAPORE: RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and Dutch Brewster Fighters in Action Over Malaya and the East Indies 1941-1942 by Brian Cull
AIR WAR FOR BURMA: The Concluding Volume of The Bloody Shambles Series. The Allied Air Forces Fight Back in South-East Asia 1942-1945 by Christopher F. Shores
BLOODY SHAMBLES VOLUME TWO: The Complete Account of the Air War in the Far East, from the Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma, 1942 by Christopher F. Shores
Bloody Shambles : Volume One : The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore by Christopher F. Shores
December 8, 1941: MacArthur's Pearl Harbor by William H. Bartsch
MacArthur and Defeat in the Philippines by R. M. Connaughton
The Battle of Bataan: A Complete History by Donald J. Young
THE BATTLE OF BATAAN America's Greatest Defeat by Robert Conroy
_________________ “We are off to look for trouble. I expect we shall find it.” Capt. Tennant, HMS Repulse. 8 December 1941 “A review of the situation at about 1100 was not encouraging.” Capt. Gordon, HMS Exeter. 1 March 1942
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