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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821924703321

Autore

Rottman Gordon L

Titolo

World War II Pacific island guide : a geo-military study / / Gordon L. Rottman ; foreword by Benis M. Frank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2002

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-4294-7539-0

0-313-07558-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 477 pages) : maps

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

940.54/26

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Ocean

Military geography - Pacific Area

World war, 1939-1945 - United States

Islands of the Pacific Strategic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-468) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Maps""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Abbreviations""; ""PART ONE GEO- MILITARY ASPECTS OF THE PACIFIC THEATER""; ""PART TWO WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC CHRONOLOGY""; ""PART THREE THE ISLANDS""; ""1 Central and Southern Pacific U. S. Possessions""; ""2 South Pacific Area""; ""3 Southwest Pacific Area""; ""4 Central Pacific Area""; ""5 Western Pacific""; ""6 North Pacific Area""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Covering all Pacific islands involved in World War II military operations, this book is a detailed source of information on virtually every geo-military aspect of the Pacific Theater.