Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 by Pike, Francis

Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472596710)

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Format: Paperback
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Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 by Pike, Francis

Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945

$40.95
Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 by Pike, Francis

Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945

$40.95
Format: Paperback
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In his magisterial 1,208 page narrative of the Pacific War, Francis Pike's Hirohito's War offers an original interpretation, balancing the existing Western-centric view with attention to the Japanese perspective on the conflict. As well as giving a 'blow-by-blow' account of campaigns and battles, Francis Pike offers many challenges to the standard interpretations with regards to the causes of the war; Emperor Hirohito's war guilt; the inevitability of US Victory; the abilities of General MacArthur and Admiral Yamamoto; the role of China, Great Britain and Australia; military and naval technology; and the need for the fire-bombing of Japan and the eventual use of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Hirohito's War is accompanied by additional online resources, including more details on logistics, economics, POWs, submarines and kamikaze, as well as a 1930-1945 timeline and over 200 maps.

Author: Francis Pike
ISBN-10: 1472596714
ISBN-13: 9781472596710
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 09/08/2016
Pages: 1208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 4.05lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 2.40d
By Francis Pike
By Francis Pike
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Francis Pike is a historian, journalist and specialist in Asian economics, politics and history and is author of Empires at War: A Short History of Modern Asia Since World War II (2009).

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