Japanese Military Strategy in the Pacific War - Was Defeat Inevitable?

Informationen zum Autor James B. Wood is Charles Keller Professor of History at Williams College. Klappentext In this provocative history, James B. Wood challenges the received wisdom that Japan's defeat in the Pacific was historically inevitable. He argues instead that it was only when the Japanese military abandoned its original strategic plan to secure resources and establish a viable defensible perimeter that the Allies were able to regain the initiative and lock Japanese forces into a war of attrition they were not prepared to fight. The book persuasively shows how the Japanese army and navy had both the opportunity and the capability to have fought a different and more successful war. If Japan had traveled that alternate military road the outcome of the Pacific War could have been far different from the ending we know so well-and perhaps a little too complacently accept. Zusammenfassung Challenges the wisdom that Japan's defeat in the Pacific was historically inevitable. This book shows how the Japanese army and navy had both the opportunity and the capability to have fought a different and more successful war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Pacific War ReduxChapter 1: Going to WarChapter 2: Losing the WarChapter 3: Winning the WarChapter 4: Missing ShipsChapter 5: Sunk!Chapter 6: A Fleet-in-BeingChapter 7: The Battle for the SkiesChapter 8: The Army in the PacificConclusion: The Road Not Taken

Product details

• Authors: James Wood, James B Wood, James B. Wood, Wood James B.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.10.2007
• EAN: 9780742553408
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5340-8
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 241 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Asian History, Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, asian studies;japan studies