The Pacific campaign in World War II
Subtitle: from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
By: William Bruce Johnson.
Series: Cass series--naval policy and history
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.; United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: I. The Pacific background; value: II. Why Japan gambled; value: III. The last clear chance; value: IV. The long postmortem; value: V. The course of empire; value: VI. Bataan through Midway; value: VII. The counterthrust; value: VIII. The first two days; value: IX. The Battle of Savo Island; value: X. Settling in; value: XI. Up against it; value: XII. A mixed picture; value: XIII. Courage and ambivalence; value: XIV. Medical issues; value: XV. The end of the beginning.