| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Origins of the Pacific war; Pearl Harbor; Hong Kong, Malaya and Singapore; The Philippines and the Dutch East Indies; Burma and the threat to India; The Tokyo raid and the Battle of the Coral Sea; Midway; Guadalcanal; New Guinea, Burma, China; The strategic balance; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Japan had mighty ambitions--to control the Western Pacific. The attack on Pearl Harbor devastated the American Pacific fleet, their primary obstacle, and they swept across the region. What ensued was a bitter struggle in which many thousands of soldiers lost their lives on both sides. This is the first book in Paul Kennedy's chronicle of the Pacific conflict in World War II, concluded in Pacific Victory. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this book provides a close, step-by-step narrative of the Japanese expansion into the Western Pacific during some of the most brutal years of World War II. Offering contemporary analysis of war strategy, it includes a riveting look at Japan's tightening grip on Hong Kong, New Guinea, the Philippines, and other key strategic locations--and the Allies' inexorable struggle against it. These works on the War in the Pacific are as gripping today as when they were first published |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 11, 2014) |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Pacific Ocean
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schnur, Carly, cover designer
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| ISBN |
9780795335747 |
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0795335741 |
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9780795335723 |
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0795335725 |
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0345025857 |
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9780345025852 |
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