The many factors that led to Japan's participation in World War II, and the horrifying battles that resulted, come into focus in Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict. The book, which takes into account Japanese and Asian documents and scholarship in addition to American and European sources, chronicles events in the Pacific from 1853 to 1951. During those years, the leaders of Japan, believing in the superiority of their nation and culture, sought to dominate East Asia and the Pacific Basin. That period also saw Japan and America becoming entangled in each other's national affairs, starting when Commodore Perry's ships ended Japan's isolation policy, and continuing into the occupation by the U. S. Army following the war.Author Hoyt shows conflicting personalities and historical context that led to the rise of Japanese militarism and wars with China and Russia. Japan's War examines the decisions that led to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the escalating climate of violence that resulted in the Rape of Nanking and the Bataan Death March.

Japan's War. The Great Pacific Conflict 1853-1952

History

Edwin P. Hoyt

Military

Arrow Books

Chronicles Allied efforts, through combined air and naval assaults, to secure the coral atolls that were the nerve center of Japan's Pacific defense system

Storm over the Gilberts: War in the Central Pacific : 1943

Americas

Avon/Books

The Elusive Seagull

Tandem Publishing, Ltd.

The Pusan Perimeter

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Jove Books

Macarthur's Navy

MacArthur's Navy

Random House Value Publishing

The first definitive account of one of the most critical naval battles of World War II in the pacific. Spring 1942: Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America was reeling under the successive Japanese victories at Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and more. Desperate to stop what was seen as an inexorable Japanese advance toward Australia, the weak U.S. Navy intercepted the large Japanese fleet in the Coral Sea. The Battle of the Coral Sea ushered a new era in sea warfare. For the first time ever opposing fleets used carrier-launched aircraft to fight each other. It was a fight that would determine the future of the war. Few writers can sustain the kind of exciting narrative that distinguishes this account of brave men fighting each other to the death. Edwin P.Hoyt is one such writer. In BLUE SKIES AND BLOOD you hear the frightening roar of the dive-bombers' engines, feel the concussions of explosions that ripped apart the mighty aircraft carriers from stem to stern, and smell the acrid odor of cordite and terror as tonnes of sea water rush into ruptured smoke-filled hulls. About the Author Edwin P.Hoyt is an eminent authority on naval history. He is a former Army Air Corps flying in World War II, a war correspondent and television producer.

Blue Skies And Blood : Battle Of The Coral Sea

Pinnacle

The Marine Raiders

Pocket

<p>No crease to spine, very slight shelfware and edgeware. Sam Dealey and the Harder destroyed five Japanese destroyers in one single patrol. Won four Navy Crosses and Congressional Medal of Honor.</p>

The Destroyer Killer

Pocket_Books

The Last Cruise of the "Emden"

White Lion Publrs

Submarines at War

World

Stein & Day Paperback

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