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The American War #4
An Angry Giant: Book 4 of The American War
Isoroku Yamamoto, on the bridge of the Nagato in December of 1941, told his staff he feared the strike at Pearl Harbor had done nothing but awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
He had been correct in every particular.
The giant is awake. The Combined Fleet has been destroyed in detail. The Philippines is American again. The skies over the Pacific belong to the Army Air Forces and to the men of the 94th Fighter Group, who have flown the war from Pearl Harbor to Rabaul and who are flying it forward toward the Home Islands.
Jack Gibson commands Lightning Squadron.
The Americans are closing through the Marshalls. The Americans are closing through the Solomons. The Americans are closing through the Marianas. The supply lines that have moved oil and rubber and bauxite to the Home Islands since the establishment of the Co-Prosperity Sphere are being closed by American submarines and American long-range aviation one freighter at a time. The strategic strangulation Yamamoto had warned against in 1941 is the strategic strangulation Japan cannot end and cannot escape.
Japan has no intention of surrendering.
In his flag cabin aboard the Yamato, Yamamoto opens the drawer.
The giant is angry. The terrible resolve is the operational doctrine of an American military that has done in two years what the Combined Fleet had assessed could not be done in five.
In the Pacific, the cost of winning is about to get higher.
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He had been correct in every particular.
The giant is awake. The Combined Fleet has been destroyed in detail. The Philippines is American again. The skies over the Pacific belong to the Army Air Forces and to the men of the 94th Fighter Group, who have flown the war from Pearl Harbor to Rabaul and who are flying it forward toward the Home Islands.
Jack Gibson commands Lightning Squadron.
The Americans are closing through the Marshalls. The Americans are closing through the Solomons. The Americans are closing through the Marianas. The supply lines that have moved oil and rubber and bauxite to the Home Islands since the establishment of the Co-Prosperity Sphere are being closed by American submarines and American long-range aviation one freighter at a time. The strategic strangulation Yamamoto had warned against in 1941 is the strategic strangulation Japan cannot end and cannot escape.
Japan has no intention of surrendering.
In his flag cabin aboard the Yamato, Yamamoto opens the drawer.
The giant is angry. The terrible resolve is the operational doctrine of an American military that has done in two years what the Combined Fleet had assessed could not be done in five.
In the Pacific, the cost of winning is about to get higher.
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510 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 29, 2026
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November 1, 2026
Great story
For once the Americans don't look foolish and bumbling idiots who just happened to win wwII. Some. Most actually make us to be bumbling fools with better equipment. I like the introvert part of each character, if captures the essence of day to day in the middle of San insane war and the difference in cultures.
This book cou!d have been 4000 pages and I would love every scene and plot twist. More please or as the characters would say more please as the please is more. Haha
For once the Americans don't look foolish and bumbling idiots who just happened to win wwII. Some. Most actually make us to be bumbling fools with better equipment. I like the introvert part of each character, if captures the essence of day to day in the middle of San insane war and the difference in cultures.
This book cou!d have been 4000 pages and I would love every scene and plot twist. More please or as the characters would say more please as the please is more. Haha
November 1, 2026
Great book
Attention to detail and always close enough to the truth to be believed. I personally like all of his books.
Attention to detail and always close enough to the truth to be believed. I personally like all of his books.
November 7, 2026
A Return to Quality
I enjoyed this novel a lot. The characters feel like real people solving real problems. I wish all the books in the parallel series could reach this quality.
I enjoyed this novel a lot. The characters feel like real people solving real problems. I wish all the books in the parallel series could reach this quality.
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