Francis Pike: Hirohito's War | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781472596710 | Hirohito's War | The Pacific War 1941-1945 | Francis Pike | Buch

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Beschreibung

Named one of Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2016

In his magisterial 1,208 page narrative of the Pacific War, Francis Pike's Hirohito's War offers an original interpretation, balancing the existing Western-centric view with attention to the Japanese perspective on the conflict. As well as giving a 'blow-by-blow' account of campaigns and battles, Francis Pike offers many challenges to the standard interpretations with regards to the causes of the war; Emperor Hirohito's war guilt; the inevitability of US Victory; the abilities of General MacArthur and Admiral Yamamoto; the role of China, Great Britain and Australia; military and naval technology; and the need for the fire-bombing of Japan and the eventual use of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Hirohito's War is accompanied by additional online resources, including more details on logistics, economics, POWs, submarines and kamikaze, as well as a 1930-1945 timeline and over 200 maps.

Über den Autor

Francis Pike is a historian, journalist and specialist in Asian economics, politics and history and is author of Empires at War: A Short History of Modern Asia Since World War II (2009).

Zusammenfassung

Supplemented by over 200 maps, appendices and a timeline, all available online

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Map, Diagram, Drawing and Chart List
Notes and Additional Resources
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Background
PART I: Meiji Restoration: 1868
PART II: Japan Versus America and the World: 1931 - 1941
PART III: Hirohito's Whirlwind Conquests: December 1941 - June 1942
PART IV: 'Victory Disease': Japan's Reversal of Fortune: June - Dec 1942
PART V: Toil and Sweat: the Pacific, India, Burma, & China: Jan 1943 - June 1944
PART VI: Japan's Forces of Empire Annihilated: June 1944 - Feb 1945
PART VII: Destruction of Japan's Homeland: February 1945 - Aug 1945
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472596710
ISBN-10:	1472596714
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Pike, Francis
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Academic
Maße:	154 x 232 x 59 mm
Von/Mit:	Francis Pike
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.09.2016
Gewicht:	1,59 kg