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The war in the Pacific : from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

Title
The war in the Pacific : from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay / Harry A. Gailey.
Author
Gailey, Harry A.
Publication
Novato, CA : Presidio, [1995], ©1995.

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Description
x, 534 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  • Historian Harry Gailey offers a fresh one-volume treatment of the vast Pacific theater in World War II, examining in detail the performance of Japanese and Allied naval, air, and land forces in every major military operation.
  • The War in the Pacific begins with an examination of events leading up to World War II and compares the Japanese and American economies and societies, as well as the chief combatants' military doctrine, training, war plans, and equipment.
  • The book then chronicles all significant actions - from the early Allied defeats in the Philippines, the East Indies, and New Guinea; through the gradual improvement of the Allied position in the Central and Southwest Pacific regions; to the final agonies of the Japanese people, whose leaders refused to admit defeat until the very end.
  • Gailey gives detailed treatment to much that has been neglected or given only cursory mention in previous surveys. The reader thus gains an unparalleled overview of operations, as well as many fresh insights into the behind-the-scenes bickering between the Allies and the interservice squabbles that dogged MacArthur and Nimitz throughout the war.
Subject
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-508) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Roots of Conflict -- Ch. 2. Isolationism and Complacency -- Ch. 3. Japanese Military Preparations -- Ch. 4. The Day of Infamy -- Ch. 5. The Japanese Tidal Wave -- Ch. 6. Java, Coral Sea, and Midway -- Ch. 7. The Guadalcanal Ordeal -- Ch. 8. The Tide Turns: New Guinea and Bougainville -- Ch. 9. Plan Orange Executed -- Ch. 10. Victory in New Guinea -- Ch. 11. The Marianas Secured -- Ch. 12. Return to the Philippines -- Ch. 13. Advance to Luzon -- Ch. 14. The Noose Tightens: Iwo Jima and Okinawa -- Ch. 15. The Killing Time -- Ch. 16. Unconditional Surrender.
ISBN
089141486X :
LCCN
94032493
OCLC
  • 31075105
  • ocm31075105
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries