The Pacific war companion : from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima /: from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Daniel Marston.
• Other Names: Marston, Daniel
• Contents: Contributors; Chronology; Chapter 1; INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND; JAPANESE EXCEPTIONALISM; FRUSTRATED ASPIRATIONS; GREATER EAST ASIA; PATHS TO WAR; Chapter 2; FROM TSUSHIMA TO THE INTERWAR PERIOD; AFTER THE TREATY: BIG GUNS OR AIR POWERS; HAWAII OR PHILIPPINES?; PREPARATIONS FOR PEARL HARBOR; THE ROAD TO PEARL HARBOR; ATTACK PEARL HARBOR!; SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK; DID ROOSEVELT KNOW ABOUT THE ATTACK?; Chapter 3; INTRODUCTION; THE MALAYA/SINGAPORE CAMPAIGN; THE INFLUENCE OF MASANOBU TSUJI ON THE MALAYA/SINGAPORE CAMPAIGN; THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN; IMPERIAL TWILIGHT. Chapter 4Chapter 5; Chapter 6; FIRST BURMA CAMPAIGN; 1942/1943; The First Arakan offensive; The First Chindit operation; Buildup of the British and Indian Units; Operation Ha-Go; Operation U-Go; The Second Chindit operation; 1944/1945 CAMPAIGNS; Arakan; Operation Extended Capital; Chapter 7; GUADALCANAL AND PAPUA; THE CARTWHEEL OPERATIONS; THE ADVANCE TO THE PHILIPPINES; THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES; UNNECESSARY CAMPAIGNS?; Chapter 8; AUSTRALIA AND THE JAPANESE THREAT; THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN; THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN; THE SCALE OF AUSTRALIA'S CONTRIBUTION; THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS. NEW ZEALAND'S ROLEChapter 9; BACKGROUND TO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS; THE GILBERTS (OPERATION GALVANIC); THE MARSHALLS (OPERATIONS FLINTLOCK AND CATCHPOLE); THE MARIANAS (OPERATION FORAGER); THE PALAUS (OPERATION STALEMATE); IWO JIMA (OPERATION DETACHMENT); OKINAWA (OPERATION ICEBERG); THE END OF THE WAR; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; THE ESSENCE OF AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS; ROOTS OF AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE; JAPANESE AMPHIBIOUS DEVELOPMENTS; US AMPHIBIOUS DEVELOPMENTS; AMPHIBIOUS CHALLENGES; COLLISION COURSE; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; INTRODUCTION; BLOCKADE; THEN BOMBARDMENT; THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE.
• Publisher Details: Oxford New York : Osprey
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color), color maps
• Subjects: 940.54/26; History; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; Military campaigns; Military operations, Naval; Technology & Engineering -- Military Science; Warfare & defence; Oceania; Pacific Ocean; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849087261; 1849087261; 9781849086936; 1849086931
• Related ISBNs: 9781846032127; 1846032121
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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