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Empires on the Pacific: World War II and the struggle for the mastery of Asia
Empires on the Pacific: World War II and the struggle for the mastery of Asia
Author
Thompson, Robert Smith
Publisher
Basic Books
Publication Date
c2001
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Language
English
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From the Book - 1st pbk. ed.
Part I. The road to war. The fall of Imperial China
Japan's response to the West
The open door
New order in East Asia
The road to Pearl Harbor
Part II. Japan's far-flung battle line. The onslaught
The Singapore debacle
Warriors of the Rising Sun
But not in shame
Midway
Part III. The receding of the tide. America rising
The hammer and the anvil
Grand strategy
Unanswerable strength
Turning soints
Part IV. Recasting the Imperial Far East. Yalta
Return to the colonies
The new Taipans
The masters
They call it peace
Epilogue: World War II and the road to Vietnam.
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World politics
World politics -- 1900-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Asia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area
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9780465085767
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