Beschreibung:
World War II resulted in much of the international system that exists today in the Pacific Rim. This brief but comprehensive survey of the war in the Pacific incorporates both United States and Japanese perspectives, providing a global approach to the Asian theatre of the conflict.
Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Rising Sun; Chapter 2 The Road to Pearl Harbor; Chapter 3 Planning Operation Hawaii; Chapter 4 From Pearl Harbor to the Java Sea; Chapter 5 Coral Sea and Midway; Chapter 6 First Allied Land Victories; Chapter 7 The Marianas and the Philippines; Chapter 8 Submarines, Firebombs, and Survival; Chapter 9 The China-Burma-India Theater; Chapter 10 The Final Campaigns; Chapter 11 Allied Endgame; Chapter 12 Japan Surrenders;