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100 1 $aThompson, Robert Smith.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90711256
245 10 $aEmpires on the Pacific :$bWorld War II and the struggle for the mastery of Asia /$cRobert Smith Thompson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bBasic Books,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $axiii, 434 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 402-414) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue: Washington, December 8, 1941 --$gPt. I.$tThe Road to War.$g1.$tThe Fall of Imperial China.$g2.$tJapan's Response to the West.$g3.$tThe Open Door.$g4.$tNew Order in East Asia.$g5.$tThe Road to Pearl Harbor --$gPt. II.$tJapan's Far-Flung Battle Line.$g6.$tThe Onslaught.$g7.$tThe Singapore Debacle.$g8.$tWarriors of the Rising Sun.$g9.$tBut Not in Shame.$g10.$tMidway --$gPt. III.$tThe Receding of the Tide.$g11.$tAmerica Rising.$g12.$tThe Hammer and the Anvil.$g13.$tGrand Strategy.$g14.$tUnanswerable Strength.$g15.$tTurning Points --$gPt. IV.$tRecasting the Imperial Far East.$g16.$tYalta.$g17.$tReturn to the Colonies.$g18.$tThe New Taipans.$g19.$tThe Masters.$g20.$tThey Call It Peace.$tEpilogue: World War II and the Road to Vietnam.
520 1 $a"Robert Smith Thompson smashes the traditional narratives of what World War II in the Pacific was all about. Standard histories of the Pacific Theater have focused on the military conflict between America and Japan, but such a simplistic historical focus ignores a crucial aspect of this period: America's imperial ambitions in East Asia. By moving China to center stage, Thompson casts the war in the Pacific in an entirely new light.
520 8 $aWhat 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 over-reaching 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.
520 8 $aEnter 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.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zAsia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113910
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPacific Area.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113866
650 0 $aWorld politics$y1900-1945.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148220
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