World War II in the Pacific

by Roehrs, Mark D.

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Title Statements

Full title :World War II in the Pacific / Mark D. Roehrs and William A. Renzi.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2004
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2004

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (288 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315697987, 131569798X, 9781317451495, 131745149X, 9781317451471, 1317451473, 9781317451488, 1317451481
oclc:ocn912323218
LC Classification:D767
Dewey Decimal:940.54/26

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Rising Sun; Japan Comes of Age; The Meiji Restoration; The First Sino-Japanese War; The Russo-Japanese War; America's Growing Pacific Empire; World War I; 2. The Road to Pearl Harbor; The Washington Treaty System; Victory of the Japanese Militarists; The China Incident; 3. Planning Operation Hawaii; Yamamoto's Plan; American Attitudes on the Eve of the War; The Attack on Pearl Harbor; The Results of the Attack.

4. From Pearl Harbor to the Java SeaMacArthur and the Philippines; The War Spreads; The Fall of the Philippines; More Japanese Victories; A New Kind of War; 5. Coral Sea and Midway; The Doolittle Raid; The Battle of the Coral Sea and Its Consequences; Midway; 6. First Allied Land Victories; Fighting on New Guinea; Guadalcanal and Related Actions; The Japanese Are Driven from New Guinea; American Strength and the New Technology of War; The Debate over the Theaterwide American Strategy of Island Hopping; Implementing Island Hopping in the Central Pacific; 7. The Marianas and the Philippines.

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