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The Eagle and the Rising Sun : the Japanese-American war, 1941-1943, Pearl Harbor through Guadalcanal

Schom, Alan (Author).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9780393326284
  • ISBN: 0393326284
  • ISBN: 9780393049244
  • ISBN: 0393049248
  • Physical Description: xviii, 540 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
    print
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [2004]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-518) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Language Note:
Text in English.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 United States
World War, 1939-1945 Japan
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area
Pacific Area History, Military
Pacific Area History, Naval

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  • 8 of 8 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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