關於威克島防禦的四大書籍

關於威克島防禦的四大書籍之一！

2003年12月29日在美國評論

約翰·烏科維茨 (John Wukovits) 的《太平洋阿拉莫》被評為有關威克島防禦的四大書籍之一。我是時任島嶼指揮官、退休海軍少將溫菲爾德·斯科特·坎寧安 (Winfield Scott Cunningham) 的侄孫，24 年來我一直在收集有關威克島英雄事件的資料和書籍。
溫菲爾德·斯科特·坎寧安(Winfield Scott Cunningham) 所著的《威克島司令部》(Wake Island Command)，由利特爾·布朗(Little, Brown) 於1961 年出版，有點偏頗，在我的書中排名第一。這本書是在萊德爾·西姆斯的協助下寫的，但我叔叔告訴我書中的所有內容都是他寫的，他對書中的內容負全部責任。他始終是一位紳士，並且總是高度讚揚在保衛威克島期間在他手下服役的人員（海軍陸戰隊、陸軍、海軍和平民）。
第二名：《圍攻威克島：面對可怕的困難》，格雷戈里·厄文，內布拉斯加大學出版社，1997 年，是下一本最偉大的書。他的敘述經過深入研究，使用了70 多次個人訪談（包括對德弗羅和坎寧安海軍上將的訪談） ，在對威克島事件的描述中最為接近。作者和我只在一點上存在分歧（12 月11 日的陷阱），但其他所有內容都準確描述。他甚至能夠確認海軍陸戰隊的去特意“抹黑”海軍指揮官溫菲爾德·斯科特·坎寧安的聲譽，使威克島的防禦成為嚴格的「海軍事務」。第3 號：《
一場偉大的戰鬥：威克島之戰》作者：羅伯特·克雷斯曼，海軍學院Press，1995 年在我的四大名單上排名第三。他對威克島事件的真實描述讓您不寒而栗。附錄中充分討論了“德弗雷克斯/坎寧安爭議”，並給出了公平和平衡的觀點。第四名：約翰·
烏科維約翰·茨(John Wukovits) 的《太平洋阿拉莫》現已進入前四名。他生動的細節和個人採訪揭示了威克島事件的全部真相。我同意書中的每一個字（12月11日的陷阱對德弗羅和坎寧安來說是平等的），甚至對兩位領導人將爭端延長如此之久的譴責。
這些都是我的選擇。我希望你喜歡。
PS：應不惜一切代價避免閱讀另一本最近出版的書，比爾·斯隆的《Given Up for Dead》。他以一本「代寫」的書為首要來源，並以彼得·安德魯斯（Peter Andrews）在1987 年出版的《美國遺產》雜誌上發表的一篇雜誌文章為依據，提出了帶有嚴重偏見的“觀點”，該文章充滿了不准確的陳述，並使用了許多涉及的誹謗性和虛假陳述。坎寧安指揮官在保衛戰中的角色。

One of the Top Four Books on the defence of Wake Island!

2003年12月29日在美國評論

Pacific Alamo by John Wukovits rates in the Top Four books on the defence of Wake Island. I am the great-nephew of Retired Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Cunningham, then Island Commander, and have collected material and books for over 24 years on the heroic events at Wake Island.

Being a little biased, Wake Island Command, by Winfield Scott Cunningham, published by Little, Brown in 1961, is number 1 in my book. It was written with the assistence of Lydel Sims, but my uncle told me everything in the book was written by him and he took full responsibility for it's contents. He was always a gentleman and always gave high praise for the men (Marine, Army, Navy and civilians) that served under him during the defence of Wake.

Number 2: "A Seige of Wake Island: Facing Fearful Odds, by Gregory Urwin, University of Nebraska Press, 1997 is the next greatest book. His well researched account, using over 70 personal interviews (including an interview with Devereux and Admiral Cunningham), comes the closest in the depiction of the events at Wake Island. The author and I disagreed on only one piont (the trap of December 11th), but everything else is exactly described. He even was able to confirm that the Marine Corp' went out of it's way to 'Blacken' the reputation of Navy Commander Winfield Scott Cunningham to make the defense of Wake Island a strictly 'Marine Affair'.

Number 3: "A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island" by Robert Cressman, Naval Institute Press, 1995 is 3rd on my Top Four list. His true to life depiction of the events at Wake Island gives you chills. The 'Devereax/Cunningham Controversy' is fully discused in the appendix and gives a fair and balanced view.

Number 4: "Pacific Alamo" by John Wukovits now rounds out the top 4. His vivid details and personnal interviews bring out the whole truth of the events at Wake Island. I agree with every word of the book (the trap on December 11th was given to Devereux and Cunningham equally) and even the repromand to both leaders for extending the dispute for so long.

These are my picks. I hope you enjoy.

P.S.: Another recent book, "Given Up for Dead" by Bill Sloan should be avoided at all costs. He gives a strictly biased 'opinion' using a 'ghost written' book as his number one source and a magazine article by Peter Andrews in a 1987 issue of American Heritage, which is full of inaccurate statements and used many slanderous, and false statements concerning Commander Cunningham's role during the defence.