Tower of skulls : a history of the Asia-Pacific war / Richard B. Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Richard B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Pacific Area.

Battle casualties.

Military campaigns.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

History of the Asia-Pacific war

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2020- ]

Summary:

"The first book in a new three-volume history of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal. In 1937 the swath of the globe from India to Japan contained half the world's population, but only two nations with real sovereignty (Japan and Thailand) and two with compromised sovereignty (China and Mongolia). All other peoples in the region endured under some form of colonialism. Today the region contains nineteen major, fully sovereign nations. Tower of Skulls is the first work in any language to present a unified account of the course and titanic impact of this part of the global war, which began the torturous route to twenty-first-century Asia. Covering with extraordinary detail campaigns in China, Singapore, the Philippines, and Burma, as well as the attack on Pearl Harbor, it expands beyond military elements to highlight the critical political, economic, and social reverberations of the struggle. Finally, it provides a graphic depiction of the often forgotten but truly horrific death toll in the Asia-Pacific region-over 20 million-which continues to shape international relations today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 "China Cannot Be Lost" p. 9

Chapter 2 "The Bombs and the Bullets and the Bayonets of the Japanese Are Ruthless" p. 37

Chapter 3 "Water as a Substitute for Soldiers" p. 59

Chapter 4 "The Greatest Migration of People in All History" p. 86

Chapter 5 "A Despicable Urge to Live!" p. 105

Chapter 6 "Japan's Prince of Self-Destruction" p. 128

Chapter 7 "One Hundred Evils and Not a Single Good" p. 163

Chapter 8 "Leaping off the Veranda" p. 175

Chapter 9 "Our Anxiety Is About China" p. 210

Chapter 10 "This Dispatch Is to Be Considered a War Warning" p. 228

Chapter 11 "Air Raid, Pearl Harbor, This Is No Drill" p. 266

Chapter 12 "Issue in Doubt" p. 301

Chapter 13 "It Was Like Being Lost in Fog" p. 332

Chapter 14 "We Are Depending for Our Lives on Kindly but Slow-Witted Infants in Arms" p. 348

Chapter 15 "Men Would Follow Them, Suffer, and Be Glad About It" p. 385

Chapter 16 "Only War Proves What Is Correct and What Is Wrong" p. 421

Chapter 17 "Abandoned My 100,000 Soldiers in Foreign Jungles" p. 454

Chapter 18 "We Are Not Barbarians" p. 487.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

volume 1. July 1937-May 1942

ISBN:

9781324002109

1324002107

OCLC:

1113321973