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The 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.

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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 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. -- Jeff Alexander, The Univerity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Pacific Affairs Tohmatsu and Willmott see the coming of the Pacific War as an ever-expanding series of conflicts begun by the Japanese army in Manchuria in 1931 and continuing through 1942. By focusing on the activities of the Japanese army and navy high command rather than diplomats between 1921 and 1942, this book provides a fresh perspective on the outbreak of the Pacific War. Recommended. It will be of interest to advanced students of the Pacific War. -- C.J. Weeks, Southern Polytechnic State University CHOICE The book is a lively piece of critical writing from which the university student and the general reader will derive many new insights. It is novel in concept and rich in new information. -- Ian Nish, STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science War In History

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 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. -- Jeff Alexander, The Univerity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Pacific Affairs Tohmatsu and Willmott see the coming of the Pacific War as an ever-expanding series of conflicts begun by the Japanese army in Manchuria in 1931 and continuing through 1942. By focusing on the activities of the Japanese army and navy high command rather than diplomats between 1921 and 1942, this book provides a fresh perspective on the outbreak of the Pacific War. Recommended. It will be of interest to advanced students of the Pacific War. -- C J. Weeks, Southern Polytechnic State University CHOICE The book is a lively piece of critical writing from which the university student and the general reader will derive many new insights. It is novel in concept and rich in new information. -- Ian Nish, STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science War in History

Tohmatsu and Willmott see the coming of the Pacific War as an ever-expanding series of conflicts begun by the Japanese army in Manchuria in 1931 and continuing through 1942. By focusing on the activities of the Japanese army and navy high command rather than diplomats between 1921 and 1942, this book provides a fresh perspective on the outbreak of the Pacific War. Recommended. It will be of interest to advanced students of the Pacific War.--C.J. Weeks Choice

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Haruo 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 at 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.

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