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From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima

The Second World War in Asia and the Pacific, 1941–45

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Saki Dockrill

    1. King’s College London, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: One Step Forward — A Reappraisal of the ‘Pacific War’

    1. Introduction: One Step Forward — A Reappraisal of the ‘Pacific War’

      • Saki Dockrill
      Pages 1-7

  4. Conflicts in the Pacific

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. American Seizure of Japan’s Strategic Points Summer 1942–1944

      • Ronald Spector
      Pages 75-86

    3. US Army Codebreakers and the War against Japan

      • Edward Drea
      Pages 87-106

  5. Conflicts in Asia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Burma: The Longest War, 1941–45

      • Louis Allen, David Steeds
      Pages 109-118

    3. Thailand, Japanese Pan-Asianism and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

      • Nigel Brailey
      Pages 119-133

    4. The China Theatre and the Pacific War

      • Wenzhao Tao
      Pages 134-149

  6. International Relations during the War

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. The German-Japanese Alliance in the Second World War

      • Bernd Martin
      Pages 153-173

    3. Britain, the Commonwealth and Pacific Security

      • Peter Lowe
      Pages 174-187

  7. Termination of the War, August 1945

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Hiroshima: A Strategy of Shock

      • Lawrence Freedman, Saki Dockrill
      Pages 191-212

  8. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. The Legacy of the ‘Pacific War’ as Seen from Europe

      • Saki Dockrill
      Pages 215-224
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'The most significant issue that Dockrill addresses is that of how Japan views the war in retrospect, a question which not only tells us a lot about how events were seen in Japan in 1941 but is also, a matter still of importance in contemporary East Asian politics.' Antony Best, London School of Economics This multi-authored work, edited by Saki Dockrill, is an original, unique, and controversial interpretation of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific. Dr Dockrill, the author of Britain's Policy for West German Rearmament, has skilfully converted the proceedings of an international conference held in London into a stimulating and readable account of the Pacific War. This is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the subject.

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  • King’s College London, University of London, UK

    Saki Dockrill

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