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Wings for the rising sun : a transnational history of Japanese aviation

Title
Wings for the rising sun : a transnational history of Japanese aviation / Jürgen P. Melzer.
Author
Melzer, Jürgen P.
Publication
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press

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Description
xxiv, 339 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 24 cm.
Summary
"This history of Japanese aviation connects the intense drama of flight with a global history of international cooperation, competition, and conflict. Details how Japanese strategists, diplomats, and industrialists skillfully exploited a series of major geopolitical changes to expand Japanese airpower and develop an autonomous domestic industry"--
Series Statement
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428
Uniform Title
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428.
Subject
  • Japan. Rikugun
  • Since 1868
  • Aeronautics > Japan > History
  • Airplanes > Japan > History
  • Aeronautics
  • Airplanes
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Japan > Foreign relations > 1868-
  • Japan
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index.
Call Number
JFE 21-2557
ISBN
  • 0674244419
  • 9780674244412
  • 9780674244429
  • 0674244427
LCCN
2019043564
OCLC
1114885924
Author
Melzer, Jürgen P., author.
Title
Wings for the rising sun : a transnational history of Japanese aviation / Jürgen P. Melzer.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.
Distributor
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index.
Chronological Term
Since 1868
Research Call Number
JFE 21-2557
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