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03247aam a2200457 i 4500 001 4067DDA05D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 003 SILO 005 20200303010150 008 190930s2020 ncuab b 001 0deng 010 $a 2019040783 020 $a 147666997X 020 $a 9781476669977 035 $a (OCoLC)1122685211 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a p------ $a p------ 050 00 $a D792.J3 $b W48 2020 082 00 $a 940.54/259 $2 23 100 1 $a Wetterhahn, Ralph, $d 1942- $e author. 245 14 $a The early air war in the Pacific : $b ten months that changed the course of World War II / $c Ralph F. Wetterhahn. 246 30 $a Ten months that changed the course of World War II 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2020] 300 $a vii, 311 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Warhawk and Nate Down, Mariveles volcano, Bataan Peninsula, Philippines -- Admiral Yamamoto's grand scheme -- Tora Tora Tora! -- The Rising sun boils up out of the Pacific -- Little Pearl harbors: Wake and the Philippines -- Air Power versus sea Power -- Wake hangs on -- American Caesar -- Chester W. Nimitz -- Propaganda -- victory Disease spreads to Wake and Asia -- Malaya and Singapore Fall as the Dutch and British East indies begin to Disintegrate -- The siege of the Philippines begins -- The Fall of Sumatra -- Java Falls -- sortie into the Indian Ocean -- The Philippines Falls -- "Eight seconds belong to Uncle Sam" -- Fall from grace -- The Rising sun slides into Penumbra -- Guadalcanal Trek -- Return to Bataan. 520 $a "During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. After major setbacks at Midway and at Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command. This book offers a fresh analysis of the air war in the Pacific during the early phases of World War II. Details are included from two expeditions conducted by the author, revealing the location of an American pilot missing in the Philippines since 1942, and clearing up a controversial account involving famed Japanese ace Saburo Sakai and U.S. Navy pilot James "Pug" Southerland."-Provided by publisher."-- $c Provided by publisher. 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, Japanese. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Philippines. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Pacific Area. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 650 7 $a Military operations, Aerial $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710199 650 7 $a Military operations, Aerial $x Japanese. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710219 651 7 $a Pacific Area. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01243504 651 7 $a Philippines. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205261 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105040018.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4067DDA05D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search