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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814528803321

Autore

Bartsch William H. <1933->

Titolo

December 8, 1941 : MacArthur's Pearl Harbor / / William H. Bartsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-299-05249-5

1-60344-662-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (566 p.)

Collana

Texas A & M University military history series ; ; 87

Disciplina

940.54/25

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Philippines

World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, Japanese

World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [505]-531) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- "Seize This Golden Opportunity!" -- Part 1 "By God, It Is Destiny ThatBrings Me Here!" -- Chapter 1"They Have Really Rippedthe 17th All to Hell" -- Chapter 2 "A Troop of Boy Scouts Flying KitesCould Take These Damned Islands" -- Chapter 3 "They Will Be Shot Downas Fast as They Are Put in the Air" -- Part 2"If We Make Our Attack Now,the War is Not Hopeless" -- Chapter 4 "Why Send Over TheseNinety-Day Wonders?" -- Chapter 5 "The Creation of the Five-EngineBomber Has Completely Changedthe Strategy in the Pacific" -- Chapter 6 "Feasibility of Direct Attackon Luzon in the Philippines" -- Part 3 "The Inability of an Enemy toLaunch his Air Attack on TheseIslands Is Our Greatest Security" -- Chapter 7 "We Are Going Much Too Faron the Offensive Side" -- Chapter 8 "Struck by Its Resemblance toa Railroad Timetable" -- Part 4 "I Shall Die Only for the Emperor,I Shall Never Look Back" -- Chapter 9 "What a Fog!" -- Chapter 10 "Go Get 'Em!" -- Chapter 11 "Navy, Hell, It's the Japs!" -- Chapter 12 "Whatever You Do, Don't Getunder the Damned Truck!" -- Chapter 13 "All We've Got Left Isthe Key to the Airplane" -- Chapter 14 "What Is the Matter with the Enemy?" -- Epilogue -- Appedix A -- Appedix B -- Appedix C -- Appedix D -- Appedix E -- Appedix F -- Appedix G -- Appedix H -- Appedix I -- Appedix J -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.



Sommario/riassunto

On December 8, 1941, Japanese Navy bombers and fighters crippled the largest force of B17 fourengine bombers outside the United States. Bartsch details personal experiences and presents the political and strategic aspects of American and Japanese planning for a war in the Pacific.