The Pacific War papers
Subtitle: Japanese documents of World War II
By: [edited by] Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon.
Contributors: Goldstein, Donald M.; Dillon, Katherine V.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Kido, Kōichi, 1889-1977 -- Diaries.; Nomura, Kichisaburō, 1877-1964 -- Diaries.; Japan. Kaigun -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Sources.; Japan. Kaigun -- Officers -- Diaries.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese -- Sources.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese.
Genres: Diaries.; Sources.; Personal narratives, Japanese.
Description: "The Pacific War Papers is an annotated collection of extremely rare Japanese primary-source documents that provides an invaluable resource for historians, students, and others with a deep interest in World War II. These naval and diplomatic documents come from the collection of the late Gordon Prange, the eminent scholar of Pearl Harbor, who obtained them from Japanese naval leaders while working for the Military History Section of the American forces that occupied Japan."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Pt. 2 consists of extracts from the diaries of Marquis Kōichi Kido and Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The Japanese Navy before the Pacific War; title: pt. 2 Prewar diplomacy and politics; title: pt. 3. Post-Pearl Harbor.