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Author:

Brower, Charles F., 1946-

Title:

Defeating Japan : the Joint Chiefs of Staff and strategy in the Pacific war, 1943-1945 / Charles F. Brower.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xi, 220 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--United States.
United States.--Joint Chiefs of Staff--History--20th century.
Strategy--History--20th century.
Pacific area--Strategic aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
Military planning--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Military relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Military relations--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Political considerations and the war against Japan -- "One part of the larger whole": Pacific war strategy -- To the TRIDENT conference -- "A most critical summer": from TRIDENT to QUADRANT, 1943 -- Strategic reconciliation at SEXTANT -- Lengthening political shadows: strategy in the Pacific, 1944 -- Assault versus siege: the debate over the final strategy -- For the defeat of Japan -- Sophisticated strategists.

ISBN:

1137025212 (alk. paper)
9781137025210 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)781432657

LCCN:

2012011996

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)