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Japanese military strategy in the Pacific War : was defeat inevitable? / / James B. Wood



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Autore: Wood James B. <1946-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Japanese military strategy in the Pacific War : was defeat inevitable? / / James B. Wood Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2007]
©2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (151 p.)
Disciplina: 940.54/0952
Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Japan
Strategy - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Ocean
Soggetto geografico: Japan Military policy
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Japanese military strategy in the Pacific War  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7425-5339-6
1-4616-3808-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821019303321
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