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'The most significant issue that Dockrill addresses is that of how Japan views the war in retrospect, a question which not only tells us a lot about how events were seen in Japan in 1941 but is also, a matter still of importance in contemporary East Asian politics.' Antony Best, London School of Economics This multi-authored work, edited by Saki Dockrill, is an original, unique, and controversial interpretation of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific. Dr Dockrill, the author of Britain's Policy for West German Rearmament, has skilfully converted the proceedings of an international conference held in London into a stimulating and readable account of the Pacific War. This is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the subject.

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Author:   Saki Dockrill
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 1994
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.335kg
ISBN:  

9781349231317

ISBN 10:   1349231312
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   01 January 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Maps - Acknowledgements - Preface; D.C.Watt - Contributors - Introduction; S.Dockrill - PART 1: THE ROAD TO PEARL HARBOR - Anglo-Japanese Alienation Revisited; I.Nish - Winston Churchill, the Military, and the Defence of the British Empire in Asia; J.Pritchard - Admiral's Yamamoto's Surprise Attack and the Japanese Navy's War Strategy; I.Hata - PART 2: CONFLICTS IN THE PACIFIC - American Seizure of Japan's Strategic Points: Summer 1942-44; R.Spector - US Army Codebreakers and the War against Japan; E.Drea - PART 3: CONFLICTS IN ASIA - Burma: the Longest War: 1941-45; L.Allen & D.Steeds - Thailand, Japanese Pan-Asianism and the greater East Asia Co-Presperity Sphere; N.Brailey - The China Theatre and the Pacific War; W.Tao - PART 4: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DURING THE WAR - The German-Japanese Alliance in the Second World War; B.Martin - Britain, the Commonwealth and Pacific Security; P.Lowe - PART 5: TERMINATION OF THE WAR IN AUGUST 1945 - Hiroshima: a Strategy of Shock; L.Freedman & S.Dockrill - PART 6: CONCLUSIONS - The Legacy of 'the Pacific War' seen from Europe; S.Dockrill - Select Bibliography - Index

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