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Autore |
Wood James B. <1946-> |
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Titolo |
Japanese military strategy in the Pacific War : was defeat inevitable? / / James B. Wood |
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Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2007] |
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©2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-7425-5339-6 |
1-4616-3808-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (151 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Japan |
Strategy - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Ocean |
Japan Military policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Going to war -- Losing the war -- Winning the war -- Missing ships -- Sunk -- A fleet in being -- The battle for the skies -- The Japanese Army in the Pacific -- The road not taken. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 h |
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