Japanese military strategy in the Pacific War : was defeat inevitable? / James B. Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, James B., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Japan.

World War, 1939-1945.

Strategy--History--20th century.

Strategy.

History.

Japan--Military policy.

Japan.

Military policy.

World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean.

Physical Description:

x, 141 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2007]

Summary:

In this provocative history, James B. Wood challenges the received wisdom that Japan's defeat in the Pacific was historically inevitable. He argues instead that it was only when the Japanese military abandoned its original strategic plan-to secure resources and establish a viable defensible perimeter-that the Allies were able to regain the initiative and lock Japanese forces into a war of attrition they were not prepared to fight. The book persuasively shows how the Japanese army and navy had both the opportunity and the capability to have fought a different and more successful war. If Japan had traveled that alternate military road, the outcome of the Pacific War could have been far different from the ending we know so well-and, perhaps a little too complacently, accept.

Contents:

Going to war

Losing the war

Winning the war

Missing ships

Sunk

A fleet in being

The battle for the skies

The Japanese Army in the Pacific

The road not taken.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index.

ISBN:

9780742553392

0742553396

9780742553408

074255340X

OCLC:

85018547