The Pacific War Companion (CO-ED)
Author: Daniel Marston
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Published: 2006-09-26
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781846032356
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The Pacific War
Author: Douglas Ford
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-12-22
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1441151656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on documents in US and British archives, Douglas Ford explores why the belligerents in the Pacific war fought the way that they did. The book focuses not only on the battlefield level, but also provides a perspective from the military high command, government, and non-combatant citizens. How did Japan emerge as a Great Power following the breakdown of the Washington Treaty system of 1921-22? What factors propelled Japan's aggressive expansion on the Asian continent during the 1930s? After Pearl Harbor, Japan rapidly conquered Southeast Asia and the western Pacific but the tide of the war shifted in the Allies' favour at Midway and Guadalcanal. The book concludes with the reasons why the Pacific War ended with Japan's unconditional surrender, and the consequences of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
What Were They Thinking?
Author: John D. Beatty
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 0557043328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Pacific War
Author: Christina Twomey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-15
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1317807898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Pacific War is an umbrella term that refers collectively to a disparate set of wars, however, this book presents a strong case for considering this assemblage of conflicts as a collective, singular war. It highlights the genuine thematic commonalities in the legacies of war that cohere across the Asia-Pacific and shows how the wars, both individually and collectively, wrought dramatic change to the geo-political makeup of the region. This book discusses the cultural, political and social implications of the Pacific War and engages with debates over the war’s impact, legacies, and continuing cultural resonances. Crucially, it examines the meanings and significance of the Second World War from a truly international perspective and the contributors present fascinating case studies that highlight the myriad of localised idiosyncrasies in how the Pacific War has been remembered and deployed in political contexts. The chapters trace the shared legacy that the individual wars had on demographics, culture and mobility across the Asia Pacific, and demonstrate how in the aftermath of the war political borders were transformed and new nation states emerged. The book also considers racial and sexual tensions which accompanied the arrival of both Allied and Axis personnel and their long lasting consequences, as well as the impact returning veterans and the war crime trials that followed the conflict had on societies in the region. In doing so, it succeeds in illuminating the events and issues that unfolded in the weeks, months, and indeed decades after the war. This interdisciplinary volume examines the aftermaths and legacies of war for individuals, communities, and institutions across South, Southeast, and East Asia, Oceania, and the Pacific world. As such, it will be welcomed by students and scholars of Asian history, modern history and cultural history, as well as by those interested in issues of memory and commemoration.
Ship of Ghosts
Author: James D. Hornfischer
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 0553803905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors.
A War It Was Always Going to Lose
Author: Jeffrey Record
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1597975761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMakes sense of Japan's seemingly incomprehensible decision to go to war against the United States.
World War II
Author: Sean Sheehan
Publisher: Britannica Digital Learning
Published: 2012-12-01
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 1615356053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld War II: The Pacific concentrates on how events unfolded in the Far East in the titanic struggle between Japan and the forces of the United States and its allies.
The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941–45
Author: Sandra Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-01-26
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1000528464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict. Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophisticated weapons available, the Pacific War transformed the modern world. Not only did it introduce the atomic bomb to the world, it also reshaped relations among nations and the ways in which governments dealt with their own peoples, changed the balance of power in the Pacific in fundamental ways, and helped to spark nationalist movements throughout Asia. This book examines the strategies, technologies, intelligence capabilities, home-front mobilization, industrial production, and resources that ultimately enabled the United States and its allies to emerge victorious. Major themes include the impact of war, conceptions of race, Japanese perspectives on the conflict, and America’s relations with its allies. Using primary documents, maps, and concise writing, this book provides students with an accessible introduction to an important period in history. Incorporating recent scholarship and conflicting interpretations, the book provides an insightful overview of the topic for students of modern American history, World War II, and the Asia Pacific.
More To The Story: A Reappraisal Of US Intelligence Prior To The Pacific War
Author: LCDR James R. Stobie
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2015-11-06
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 1786254190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEarly on Sunday, 7 December 1941, the air and naval forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) recorded the day as “a date which will live in infamy” in his speech to a joint session of Congress. Subsequent investigations and histories judged U.S. intelligence as unprepared in its failure to predict the attack at Pearl Harbor. Yet FDR also listed the other locations Japan attacked in those first twenty-four hours starting with the attack at Kota Bharu in Malaya. Reviewing U.S. intelligence estimates and “war warning” messages against Imperial Japanese war plans and actions, U.S. intelligence understood Imperial Japan’s intentions and plans far better than is recorded. Of the places listed in the 27 November 1941 “war warning”—”the Philippines, Thai or Kra [Malay] Peninsula and possibly Borneo”—two were attacked on that first day of war and the last, Borneo, a week later. On that first day of war, Japan also attacked Guam, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Wake and Midway Islands, the latter two reinforced against impending war with Japan in early December 1941 by U.S. aircraft carriers. The surprise of the attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet overshadows the accuracy of U.S. intelligence estimates prior to the Pacific War.
The Architect of Victory
Author: Peter J. Dean
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-04-21
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 1139494848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman is one of the most important, yet relatively unknown officers in the history of the Australian Army. Despite his reputedly caustic personality and noted conflicts with some senior officers, Berryman was crucial to Australia's success during the Second World War. But did the man known as 'Berry the Bastard' deserve his reputation? Bold, calculating and talented, Berryman was at the forefront of operations that led to the defeat of the Japanese, and his operational planning secured Australia's victories at Bardia, Tobruk and in New Guinea during the Pacific War. With access to rare private papers, Peter Dean charts Berryman's special relationships with senior US and Australian officers such as MacArthur, Chamberlin, Blamey, Lavarack and Morshead, and explains why the man poised to become the next Chief of General Staff would never fulfil his ambition.
