| Description |
xviii, 540 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: A distinguished visitor -- Chapter 2: The world in flux -- Chapter 3: Spreading imperial virtue -- Chapter 4: The eight corners of the world -- Chapter 5: Unlimited national emergency -- Chapter 6: We cannot speculate with the security of this country -- Chapter 7: General quarters! -- Chapter 8: Two admirals -- Chapter 9: ... and a General -- Chapter 10: The Philippines: "A limit to human endurance" -- Chapter 11: First Washington Conference -- Chapter 12: Yamamoto's great offensive: coral sea and midway -- Chapter 13: Australia-New Guinea -- Chapter 14: "Sock 'em in the solomons" -- Chapter 15: Guadalcanal -- Chapter 16: Operation KA -- Chapter 17: The open slot -- Chapter 18: "A goddam mess" -- Chapter 19: "Friday the bloody thirteenth" -- Chapter 20: A troubled Hirohito |
| Summary |
A history of World War II in the Pacific Ocean contends that the conflict was not in the best interest of either side, discussing key military figures, America's ill-preparedness for the war, and Japan's knowledge that they could not win |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography, pages [501]-518 |
| Notes |
Text in English |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
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| SUBJECT |
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- History, Military.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863
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Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- History, Naval.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005865
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| Genre/Form |
Military history.
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Naval history.
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| LC no. |
2002015941 |
| ISBN |
0393049248 (hardcover) |
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0393326284 (paperback) |
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