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OverviewThe United States involvement in World War II began with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December , . But for Japan, the conflict began at a much earlier date. This book focuses on Japan and the events in its military history leading up to and including Pearl Harbor. Unique in its perspective, A Gathering Darkness shows how historical events in the s and s steered the country into war with America and its allies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Haruo Tohmatsu , H. P. WillmottPublisher: Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. Imprint: Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 17.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780842051538ISBN 10: 0842051538 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 01 September 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Japan the Taliban, 1921-1941 Chapter 2: Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, and the End of Internationalism, 1931-1937 Chapter 3: The War in Northern and Central China Chapter 4: The War in China after 1938 and the Decision for War in the Pacific, 1939-1941 Chapter 5: The Pacific War Unleashed: The Initial Japanese Attacks Chapter 6: The Japanese Victory Chapter 7: The Japanese Dilemma BibliographyReviewsIn this installment to the series entitled Total War: New Perspectives on World War II, edited by Michael A. Barnhart and H.P. Willmott, the latter has teamed up with Haruo Tohmatsu to produce a concise account of the events that led to the outbreak of war in the Pacific against the Allies in late 1941.--Alexander, Jeff Pacific Affairs In this installment to the series entitled Total War: New Perspectives on World War II, edited by Michael A. Barnhart and H.P. Willmott, the latter has teamed p with Haruo Tohmatsu to produce a concise account of the events that led to the outbreak of war in the Pacific against the Allies in late 1941.--Jeff Alexander Pacific Affairs: Vol. 78, No. 1 Spring 2005 Author InformationHaruo Tohmatsu is the co-author (with H. P. Willmott and W. Spencer Johnson) of Pearl Harbor. Haruo has contributed to a several military history publications, including Reader's Guide to Military History, History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, Encyclopedia of Naval History, Encyclopedia of World War I, and Encyclopedia of World War II. Currently Tohmatsu is assisting with the Sino-Japanese War Project at Harvard University's East Asia Center. He is associate professor of international relations iat Tamagawa University in Japan. Distinguished historian H. P. Willmott is the author of The War with Japan: The Period of Balance, May 1942-October 1943 (in SR Books' Pacific War trilogy), Battleship, and co-author of Pearl Harbor. In addition, Willmott is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of War and Society, De Montfort University, and a Visiting Lecturer at Greenwich Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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