Hirohito's war : the Pacific War, 1941-1945

✍ Scribed by (cesarz Japonii ; Hirohito; Pike, Francis

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing;Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1162
• Edition: Paperback ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In his magisterial 1,152 page narrative of the Pacific War, Francis Pike's Hirohito's War offers an original interpretation, balancing the existing Western-centric view with attention to the Japanese perspective on the conflict. As well as giving a 'blow-by-blow' account of campaigns and battles, Francis Pike offers many challenges to the standard interpretations with regards to the causes of the war; Emperor Hirohito's war guilt; the inevitability of US Victory; the abilities of General MacArthur and Admiral Yamamoto; the role of China, Great Britain and Australia; military and naval technology; and the need for the fire-bombing of Japan and the eventual use of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Hirohito's War is accompanied by additional online resources, including more details on logistics, economics, POWs, submarines and kamikaze, as well as a 1930-1945 timeline and 178 maps.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Map, Diagram, Drawing and Chart List Notes and Additional Resources Acknowledgments Introduction and Background PART I: Meiji Restoration: 1868 PART II: Japan Versus America and the World: 1931 - 1941 PART III: Hirohito's Whirlwind Conquests: December 1941 - June 1942 PART IV: 'Victory Disease': Japan's Reversal of Fortune: June - Dec 1942 PART V:Toil and Sweat
the Pacific, India, Burma, & China: Jan 1943 - June 1944 PART VI: Japan's Forces of Empire Annihilated: June 1944 - Feb 1945 PART VII: Destruction of Japan's Homeland: February 1945 - Aug 1945 Index

✦ Subjects

Hirohito -- (cesarz Japonii;-- 1901-1989).;Wojna światowa (1939-1945) -- Japonia.;Wojna światowa (1939-1945) -- kampanie i bitwy -- Pacyfik (ocean).;Japonia -- 1912-1945.