Chronicles the history of World War II in the Pacific, providing background on the expansion of imperial Japan, identifying the warring sides, discussing the outbreak of war, the fighting, the effect of the war around the world, and the conflict's end, and including portraits of a civilian and a soldier.
General Note
Originally published as v. 1 in The Second World War. Oxford : Osprey, 2002-2003.
Content Note
Background to war : the expansion of Imperial Japan, 1891-1941 -- Warring sides : powerful Japan faced certain defeat -- Outbreak : the slide toward inevitable war -- The fighting : the course of the Pacific war -- Portrait of a soldier : Thomas Currie Derrick, an Australian soldier -- The world around war : a clash of cultures and races -- Portrait of a civilian : Gwen Harold Terasaki, an American in Japan -- How the war ended : not necessarily to Japan's advantage -- Conclusion and consequences : how the war transformed the Asia-Pacific.