1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911035079403321

Autore

Gordon John <1956->

Titolo

Fighting for MacArthur : the Navy and Marine Corps' desperate defense of the Philippines / / John Gordon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Md., : Naval Institute Press, 2011

ISBN

1-281-60774-6

9786613788450

1-61251-062-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 p.)

Classificazione

8

Disciplina

940.54/2599

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Philippines

World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Area

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 - The Navy and Marine Corps in the Philippines; CHAPTER 2 - The Final Days of Peace; CHAPTER 3 - War Begins; CHAPTER 4 - The Bombing of the Cavite Navy Yard; CHAPTER 5 - Waiting for the Main Attack; CHAPTER 6 - The Retreat to Bataan and Corregidor; CHAPTER 7 - Settling in for the Siege; CHAPTER 8 - Longoskawayan Point; CHAPTER 9 - Defeating the First Japanese Offensive; CHAPTER 10 - The Lull; CHAPTER 11 - The Fall of Bataan; CHAPTER 12 - State of the Beach Defenses; CHAPTER 13 - The Artillery Duel; CHAPTER 14 - The Final Bombardment

CHAPTER 15 - The Battle for CorregidorCHAPTER 16 - Surrender; CHAPTER 17 - Reflections; APPENDIX A - Asiatic Fleet, 7 December 1941; APPENDIX B - U.S. Navy Personnel, 1 December 1941; APPENDIX C - Japanese Artillery Units Available for Bombardment of Corregidor; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Copyright Page

Sommario/riassunto

As the only single-volume work to offer a full account of Navy and Marine Corps actions in the Philippines during World War II, this book provides a unique source of information on the early part of the war. Based on a rich collection of American and newly discovered Japanese sources, it is filled with never-before-published details about the



fighting, including a revealing discussion of the buildup of tensions between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Navy that continued for the remainder of the war.Gordon describes in considerable detail the unusual missions of the Navy and Marine

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973810603321

Autore

Vigevani Tullo

Titolo

Brazilian foreign policy in changing times : the quest for autonomy from Sarney to Lula / / Tullo Vigevani and Gabriel Cepaluni ; translated by Leandro Moura

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

979-82-16-20387-2

1-280-65929-7

9786613636225

0-7391-4348-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CepaluniGabriel

Disciplina

327.20981

327.81

327.81073

Soggetti

Autonomy

Brazil Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Brazil

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 01. Defining Autonomy; Chapter 02. Pressure for Change; Chapter 03. Turbulent Times; Chapter 04. Brazilian Foreign Policy in the Cardoso Era; Chapter 05. Lula's Foreign Policy and the Quest for Autonomy through Diversification; Chapter 06. The Dilemmas of Regional Integration for Brazil; Chapter 07. Two Contrasting Types of Autonomy; General Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendixes; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Brazilian Foreign Policy in Changing Times contributes both empirically



and theoretically to the study of international relations. The book illuminates Brazilian foreign policy in the democratic era, a subject scarcely touched on elsewhere. This book also offers a new conceptualization of the debate on the path to an autonomous foreign policy.