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Empires On The Pacific
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Author : Robert S. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2001-11-14
Empires On The Pacific written by Robert S. Thompson and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-14 with History categories.
By moving China to center stage, Robert Smith Thompson expands the traditional boundaries of the Pacific Theater of World War II and casts the conflict in an entirely new light. What is commonly viewed as a discrete military conflict between an aggressive Japan with imperial ambitions and a reluctant, passive America now becomes the stuff of Greek tragedy. The overreaching British Empire is waning, yet is unwilling to relinquish its foothold in China, while an increasingly ambitious Japan is determined to dominate the region and conquer China as part of that plan. Enter the young upstart, America, with imperial ambitions of its own in Asia. The United States meant to replace Britain as the dominant power in Asia and saw Japan as a direct threat to that dominance. For Franklin Delano Roosevelt and for the United States, the war with Japan had little to do with revenge for Pearl Harbor. Japan would have to be vanquished so that it would never again be an imperial rival.This recasting of the Asian conflict profoundly alters our understanding not just of World War II in the Pacific but also of what followed in the Korean War and the war in Vietnam. Revisionist history at its best, Empires on the Pacific will provoke discussion and debate and it will alter our view of what many still consider the last "good war."Interest in WWII has never been higher: The summertime release of Touchstone Pictures' blockbuster Pearl Harbor-accompanied by Basic Books' own Pearl Harbor (April 19 release)-will create tremendous interest in the Pacific theater of WWII. Timely publication: The book anticipates the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 2001. Striking, revisionist, controversial: America's wartime actions in the Pacific were not revenge for Pearl Harbor but were part of America's larger imperial ambitions to replace the British Empire as the dominant force in Asia, and, especially, in China. America won the war with Japan but lost the peace, which led, inevitably, to the Korean War and to the war in Vietnam. A long overdue explanation of what America's war against Japan was all about-in a word: China.
Empires On The Pacific
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Author : Robert S. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2002-12-18
Empires On The Pacific written by Robert S. Thompson and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-18 with History categories.
Empires on the Pacific smashes the standard narrative of World War II in the Pacific theater, showing America's aim to replace Britain as East Asia's New Imperial Power. Robert Smith Thompson offers a long overdue explanation of what America's war against Japan was really about--in a word: China. The over-reaching British Empire was waning yet unwilling to relinquish its foothold in China, while an increasingly ambitious Japan was determined to dominate the region by conquering China. Enter the young upstart, America. For Franklin Delano Roosevelt and for the United States, the war with Japan had little to do with revenge for Pearl Harbor. Japan would have to be vanquished so that it would never again be an imperial rival.Thompson's recasting of the Asian conflict profoundly alters our understanding of World War II in the Pacific and of what followed in Korea and in Vietnam. Revisionist history at its best, Empires on the Pacific is a far-reaching book that requires us to re-evaluate what we thought we knew about twentieth-century American history and what many still consider our last "good war."
Pacific Empires
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Author : Glyndwr Williams
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 1999
Pacific Empires written by Glyndwr Williams and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
A collection of essays in honor of a scholar who has played a leading role in investigating the impact of scientific endeavors of the Enlightenment, specifically European maritime exploration. In addition to Williams' overview of British maritime exploration, contributors cover such themes as science and exploration, advances in navigational knowledge, schemes for imperial expansion, and culture contact in North America and the Pacific, and reflect on the nature of history and historiography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Pacific War
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Author : Douglas Ford
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-02-23
The Pacific War written by Douglas Ford and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-23 with History categories.
A rich and broadranging account of the Asia-Pacific campaigns of WWII.
The Last War Of Empires
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Author : Laurie Barber
language : en
Publisher: David Bateman
Release Date : 1999-01-01
The Last War Of Empires written by Laurie Barber and has been published by David Bateman this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Japan categories.
Empires On The Pacific
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Author : Robert Smith Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Empires On The Pacific written by Robert Smith Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Enter America, the ambitious, upstart power that represents the next generation of imperialism, also seeking to gain control over the ever-elusive prize: China."--BOOK JACKET.
Islands And Empires
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Author : Ernest Stanley Dodge
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 1976
Islands And Empires written by Ernest Stanley Dodge and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with China categories.
"Islands and Empires "was first published in 1976. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is the first one-volume account of the massive impact of Western civilization on the Pacific Islands and the Far East, principally China and Japan. The effects on the two areas were very different since, in the case of the islands, contact was with peoples who were still in the Stone Age, while in the Far East Westerners came up against sophisticated civilizations more ancient and mature than their own. Because of these differences, the book is divided into two sections, the first dealing with the Pacific Islands and the second with the East Asian mainland. Reverse influences--those of the Eastern cultures on the West--are also discussed.
Empire On The Pacific
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Author : Norman Arthur Graebner
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-12
Empire On The Pacific written by Norman Arthur Graebner and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-12 with History categories.
In this stimulating volume, which was originally published in 1955, Professor Norman A. Graebner argues that historians have exaggerated the role played by the spirit of manifest destiny in the expansionism of the 1840s. In his view, neither the overland migrations nor eastern public opinion had any direct bearing on the diplomacy that won Oregon and California for the United States. Instead, the principal objective of every statesman from Jackson on was maritime: the acquisition of the harbors at San Diego, San Francisco, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca as gateways to the trade of the Orient. “Land was necessary to them merely as a right of way to ocean ports—a barrier to be spanned by improved avenues of commerce.” This diplomacy reached a climax under Polk and triumphed with the Trist mission and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, giving America “its empire on the Pacific.” It is upon this premise that Professor Graebner has built a reinterpretation of the diplomacy of the 1840s. An invaluable addition to any American History library.
Europe And The World In The Age Of Expansion
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Author : Ernest S.. Dodge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Europe And The World In The Age Of Expansion written by Ernest S.. Dodge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
Bolt Action Empires In Flames
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Author : Warlord Games
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-10-20
Bolt Action Empires In Flames written by Warlord Games and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-20 with Games & Activities categories.
Far from the battlefields of Europe and North Africa, Allied forces fought a very different war against another foe, from the jungles of Burma to the islands of the Pacific and the shores of Australia. This new Theatre Book for Bolt Action allows players to command the spearhead of the lightning Japanese conquests in the East or to fight tooth and nail as Chindits, US Marines and other Allied troops to halt the advance and drive them back. Scenarios, special rules and new units give players everything they need to recreate the ferocious battles and campaigns of the Far East, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, Singapore, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and beyond.