Table of Contents

Introduction The Road to War The "Day of Infamy" and After: Japanese Victories, 1941-1942 Coral Sea and Midway--Turning Point in the Pacific, 1942 Home and Other Fronts The Battle for the Green Armor: Guadalcanal and Papua, 1942-1943 The Offensive in the Pacific, 1943-1944 The Break-in in the Pacific, 1944-1945 The China-Burma-India Theater: The War on the Asian Mainland, 1942-1945 The Defeat of Japan, 1945 Chronology Bibliography Index

About the Author

ALAN J. LEVINE, a historian specializing in Russian history, international relations, and World War II, has published many articles about World War II and the Cold War./e He is the author of The Soviet Union, The Communist Movement and the World: Prelude to the Cold War (Praeger, 1990), The Strategic Bombing of Germany (Praeger, 1992), and ,i>The Missile and Space Race (Praeger, 1994).

Reviews

.,."a masterful job of condensation and thoughtful analysis. Levine offers World War II buffs much food for thought in this well-reasoned and provocative little book."-Michael Hull Reviewer

.,."[Levin's] erudition is accompanied by a fine writing style, making his prose a pleasure to read....His treatment of the decision to drop the atom bomb is as sensible as any I have ever seen....If you read any book at all on the Pacific war, make it this one."-Airpower Journal

?...a masterful job of condensation and thoughtful analysis. Levine offers World War II buffs much food for thought in this well-reasoned and provocative little book.?-Michael Hull Reviewer

?...[Levin's] erudition is accompanied by a fine writing style, making his prose a pleasure to read....His treatment of the decision to drop the atom bomb is as sensible as any I have ever seen....If you read any book at all on the Pacific war, make it this one.?-Airpower Journal

..."�Levin's� erudition is accompanied by a fine writing style, making his prose a pleasure to read....His treatment of the decision to drop the atom bomb is as sensible as any I have ever seen....If you read any book at all on the Pacific war, make it this one."-Airpower Journal

..."a masterful job of condensation and thoughtful analysis. Levine offers World War II buffs much food for thought in this well-reasoned and provocative little book."-Michael Hull Reviewer

..."[Levin's] erudition is accompanied by a fine writing style, making his prose a pleasure to read....His treatment of the decision to drop the atom bomb is as sensible as any I have ever seen....If you read any book at all on the Pacific war, make it this one."-Airpower Journal