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100 1 $aHopkins, William B.,$d1922-
245 14 $aThe Pacific War :$bthe strategy, politics, and players that won the war /$cWilliam B. Hopkins.
260 $aMinneapolis :$bZenith Press,$c2008.
300 $avii, 392 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 367-376) and index.
505 0 $aPlan orange -- Political stalemate -- The build-up for war -- Pearl Harbor -- The Arcadia conference -- The lean months -- The home front -- Midway -- Defense of Australia -- Guadalcanal -- Halsey vs. Yamamoto -- Papua -- Australian New Guinea -- China -- Rabaul -- Strategy change -- The central Pacific drive -- Submarine warfare -- The Netherlands New Guinea -- The Marianas -- The Philippines v. Formosa debate -- Ulithi -- Leyte Gulf -- The march to Luzon -- Philippine liberation -- Iwo Jima -- Okinawa -- The Twentieth Air Force -- Japanese surrender -- Looking back.
520 $aAn account of WWII in the Pacific that goes beyond linear narrative to uncover the whys--the strategies, politics, and personalities that made things happen as they did.
650 0 $aStrategy.
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