William A Renzi, Mark D Roehrs

World War II in the Pacific

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

World War II laid the groundwork for much of the international system that exists today, especially in the Pacific Rim. This brief but comprehensive survey of the War in the Pacific incorporates both United States and Japanese perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780765608352
• ISBN-10: 0765608359
• Artikelnr.: 20979445

Autorenporträt

Mark D. Roehrs received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1998. His specialty fields include United States diplomatic and military history. He is currently an assistant professor at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois. Willliam A. Renzi received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1969, where he studied under Pacific War specialist Gordon Prange. His other works include In the Shadow of the Sword: Italy's Neutrality and Entrance into the Great War, 1914-1915. He was an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, until his death in 1991.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Rising Sun
Chapter 2 The Road to Pearl Harbor
Chapter 3 Planning Operation Hawaii
Chapter 4 From Pearl Harbor to the Java Sea
Chapter 5 Coral Sea and Midway
Chapter 6 First Allied Land Victories
Chapter 7 The Marianas and the Philippines
Chapter 8 Submarines, Firebombs, and Survival
Chapter 9 The China-Burma-India Theater
Chapter 10 The Final Campaigns
Chapter 11 Allied Endgame
Chapter 12 Japan Surrenders