Schom, Alan
The Eagle and the Rising Sun : the Japanese-American war, 1941-1943, Pearl Harbor through Guadalcanal / Alan Schom. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company c2004. - xviii, 540 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-518) and index.
Chapter 1: A distinguished visitor --
Chapter 2: The world in flux --
Chapter 3: Spreading imperial virtue --
Chapter 4: The eight corners of the world --
Chapter 5: Unlimited national emergency --
Chapter 6: We cannot speculate with the security of this country --
Chapter 7: General quarters! --
Chapter 8: Two admirals --
Chapter 9: ... and a General --
Chapter 10: The Philippines: "A limit to human endurance" --
Chapter 11: First Washington Conference --
Chapter 12: Yamamoto's great offensive: coral sea and midway --
Chapter 13: Australia-New Guinea --
Chapter 14: "Sock 'em in the solomons" --
Chapter 15: Guadalcanal --
Chapter 16: Operation KA --
Chapter 17: The open slot --
Chapter 18: "A goddam mess" --
Chapter 19: "Friday the bloody thirteenth" --
Chapter 20: A troubled Hirohito.
A history of World War II in the Pacific Ocean contends that the conflict was not in the best interest of either side, discussing key military figures, America's ill-preparedness for the war, and Japan's knowledge that they could not win
0393049248 (hard)
2002015941
World War--United States--1939-1945
World War--Japan--1939-1945
World War--Campaigns--Pacific Area--1939-1945
Pacific Area--History, Military
Pacific Area--History, Naval
D767 / .S3515 2004
940.5425 Sch 15
The Eagle and the Rising Sun : the Japanese-American war, 1941-1943, Pearl Harbor through Guadalcanal / Alan Schom. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company c2004. - xviii, 540 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-518) and index.
Chapter 1: A distinguished visitor --
Chapter 2: The world in flux --
Chapter 3: Spreading imperial virtue --
Chapter 4: The eight corners of the world --
Chapter 5: Unlimited national emergency --
Chapter 6: We cannot speculate with the security of this country --
Chapter 7: General quarters! --
Chapter 8: Two admirals --
Chapter 9: ... and a General --
Chapter 10: The Philippines: "A limit to human endurance" --
Chapter 11: First Washington Conference --
Chapter 12: Yamamoto's great offensive: coral sea and midway --
Chapter 13: Australia-New Guinea --
Chapter 14: "Sock 'em in the solomons" --
Chapter 15: Guadalcanal --
Chapter 16: Operation KA --
Chapter 17: The open slot --
Chapter 18: "A goddam mess" --
Chapter 19: "Friday the bloody thirteenth" --
Chapter 20: A troubled Hirohito.
A history of World War II in the Pacific Ocean contends that the conflict was not in the best interest of either side, discussing key military figures, America's ill-preparedness for the war, and Japan's knowledge that they could not win
0393049248 (hard)
2002015941
World War--United States--1939-1945
World War--Japan--1939-1945
World War--Campaigns--Pacific Area--1939-1945
Pacific Area--History, Military
Pacific Area--History, Naval
D767 / .S3515 2004
940.5425 Sch 15