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- The Pacific War Papers: Japanese Documents of World War II
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
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The Pacific War Papers is an annotated collection of extremely rare Japanese primary-source documents, translated into English, that provides an invalu-able resource for historians and students of World War II. These naval and diplomatic documents come from the collection of the late Gordon Prange, the eminent scholar of Pearl Harbor, who obtained them from Japanese naval leaders while working for the Military History Section of the American forces that occupied Japan. Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon have assembled this collection so that these important documents are not lost to history. The editors also provide expert commentary to introduce and explain the importance of the materials. This book forms the companion volume to The Pearl Harbor Papers: Inside the Japanese Plans (BrasseyÆs, Inc., 1993), which Goldstein and Dillon also edited. Most of the documents published here are not available anywhere else, with many translated for the first time.
This edited collection covers three main topics: the Japanese navy before World War II, prewar diplomacy and politics, and Japanese naval operations and policy during the war. The documents include diary extracts and candid, short monographs written by high-ranking Japanese officers immediately after the war. They shed new light on the vast naval buildup before the war, the development of the navyÆs operational concepts for war with the United States, the organization and tactics of aircraft carrier forces, and the failure of Japanese submarine operations. No World War II library will be complete without this important volume.
This edited collection covers three main topics: the Japanese navy before World War II, prewar diplomacy and politics, and Japanese naval operations and policy during the war. The documents include diary extracts and candid, short monographs written by high-ranking Japanese officers immediately after the war. They shed new light on the vast naval buildup before the war, the development of the navyÆs operational concepts for war with the United States, the organization and tactics of aircraft carrier forces, and the failure of Japanese submarine operations. No World War II library will be complete without this important volume.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Part I: The Japanese Navy before the Pacific War
- Introduction
- p. 3
- The Japanese Navy in 1941
- pp. 4-31
- Ozawa Essays: Introduction
- pp. 32-33
- The Naval General Staff
- pp. 34-36
- Importance of the Inland Sea
- pp. 67-69
- Fleet Organization
- pp. 82-84
- Personnel Study
- pp. 101-110
- Part II: Prewar Diplomacy and Politics
- Introduction
- pp. 113-114
- Part III: Post–Pearl Harbor
- Introduction
- p. 225
- Essay Concerning the Book Battle Report
- pp. 266-271
- Account of the Battle of the Java Sea
- pp. 272-278
- Three-Part Report
- pp. 290-298
- Two-Part Report
- pp. 299-303
- Some Opinions Concerning the War
- pp. 304-318
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597974622
Related ISBN(s)
9781574886320
MARC Record
OCLC
182621428
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No