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War in the American Pacific and East Asia, 1941-1972 (Hardcover)
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War in the American Pacific and East Asia, 1941-1972 (Hardcover)
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Before 1940, the Japanese empire stood as the greatest single
threat to the American presence in the Pacific and East Asia. To a
lesser degree, the formerly hegemonic colonial powers of Britain,
France, and the Netherlands still controlled portions of the
region. At the same time, subjugated peoples in East Asia and
Southeast Asia struggled to throw off colonialism. By the late
1930s, the competition exploded into armed conflict. Japan looked
like the early victor, but the United States eventually established
itself as the hegemonic power in the Pacific Basin by 1945. Yet
when it comes to the American movement out into the Pacific, there
is more to the story that has yet to be revealed. In War in the
American Pacific and East Asia, 1941--1972, editor Hal Friedman
brings together nine essays that explore lesser known aspects and
consequences of America's military expansion into the Pacific
during and after World War II. This study explores how the United
States won the Pacific War against Japan and how it sought to
secure that victory in the decades that followed, ensure it never
endured another Pearl Harbor--style defeat, and saw the Pacific
fulfill a Manifest Destiny--like role as an American frontier
projected toward East Asia. The collection explores the role of the
US military in the Pacific Basin in different ways by presenting
essays on interservice rivalry and military advising as well as
unique topics that are new to military history, such as the
investigations of strategic communications, military public
relations, institutional cultures of elite forces, foodways, and
the military's interaction with the press. Together, these essays
provide a path for historians to pursue groundbreaking areas of
research about the Pacific and establish the Pacific War as the
pivotal point in the twentieth century in the Pacific Basin.
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