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The Pacific campaign in World War II : from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal / William Bruce Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, William Bruce.
- Series:
- Cass series--naval policy and history ; 35.
- Cass series--naval policy and history ; 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
- Armed Forces.
- History.
- United States--Armed Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Contents:
- The Pacific background
- Why Japan gambled
- The last clear chance
- The long postmortem
- The course of empire
- Bataan through Midway
- The counterthrust
- The first two days
- The Battle of Savo Island
- Settling in
- Up against it
- A mixed picture
- Courage and ambivalence
- Medical issues
- The end of the beginning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-394) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415701759
- OCLC:
- 60590055
- Publisher Number:
- 9780415701754 (hardback)
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