Old Friends, New Enemies. The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy - Volume 2: The Pacific War 1942-1945 (Hardcover)

This first scholarly account of the Royal Navy in the Pacific War is a companion volume to Arthur Marder's Old Friends, New Enemies: Strategic Illusions, 1936-1941 (0-19-822604-7, OP). Picking up the story at the nadir of British naval fortunes - `everywhere weak and naked', in Churchill's phrase - it examines the Royal Navy's role in events from 1942 to the Japanese surrender in August 1945. Drawing on both British and Japanese sources and personal accounts by participants, the authors vividly retell the story of the collapse of Allied defences in the Dutch East Indies, culminating in the Battle of the Java Sea. They recount the attempts of the `fighting admiral', Sir James Somerville, to train his motley fleet of cast-offs into an efficient fighting force in spite of the reluctance of Churchill, who resisted the formation of a full-scale British Pacific Fleet until the 1945 assault on the Ryukyu Islands immediately south of Japan. Meticulously researched and fully referenced, this unique and absorbing account provides a controversial analysis of the key personalities who shaped events in these momentous years, and makes fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Pacific War. This book also appears in the Oxford General Books catalogue for Autumn 1990.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1990
Authors:	Arthur J. Marder (late Professor of History) • Mark Jacobsen (Historian) • John Horsfield (formerly Assistant Professor)
Dimensions:	219 x 145 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	664
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-820150-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Naval forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Promotions
LSN:	0-19-820150-8
Barcode:	9780198201502

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