Japan at war : an illustrated history of the war in the Far East, 1931-45

Inbunden bok. London : Sidgwick & Jackson. First uppl. 1975. 192 sidor.

Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nära nyskick. "Numerous Photographs (illustrator). Map endpapers. 192 pages. The war of 1941-45 between Japan and the Western Powers was fought over an area extending from the fogbound Aleutian archipelago to the steaming jungles of the Solomons and as far east and west as the islands of the central Pacific and the foothills of the Himalayas. It brought together, as allies or as enemies, men of almost every race, creed and colour. So vast a struggle, with its revelation of unsuspected heights or depths of courage, compassion, ferocity and weakness in men diverse in temperament and background, would inevitably have led to lasting changes in the relations between Oriental and Occidental peoples, even if it had not culminated in the use of weapons which seemed to end mankind's hope of a peaceful and secure future. This book reveals new aspects of the war in the Far East and the Pacific by assembling a wealth of fascinating pictures, many of them hitherto unpublished. The story begins with the origins of the war and ends with the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet intervention and Japan's surrender. The author maintains that this war was, if ever there was one, an unnecessary war - the appalling consequence of a diplomatic breakdown that ought never to have occurred."