THE PACIFIC WAR: CLASH OF EMPIRES IN WORLD WAR II

Book ID/图书代码： 12771011B48130

English Summary/英文概要： This is a rich and broadranging account of the Asia-Pacific campaigns of WWII. Drawing on recently released documents in US and British archives, Douglas Ford explores why the belligerents in the Pacific war fought the way that they did. This book focuses not only on the battlefield level, but also provides a perspective from the military high command, government, and non-combatant citizens. How did Japan emerge as a Great Power following the breakdown of the Washington Treaty system of 1921-22? What factors propelled Japan’s aggressive expansion on the Asian continent during the 1930s? After Pearl Harbor, Japan rapidly conquered Southeast Asia and the western Pacific but the tide of the war shifted in the Allies’ favour at Midway and Guadalcanal. This book concludes with the reasons why the Pacific War ended with Japan’s unconditional surrender, and the consequences of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一部涉及范围广，内容丰富的关于二战亚洲-太平洋战区的记述。Douglas Ford 根据最近从美国和英国档案馆解禁的文件探究太平洋战区参战国作战方式的缘由。本书不仅集中于战场层面而且还有从军事高层指挥，政府和未参战的平民的视角记述。 日本是如何从1932-1922年华盛顿条约体系破裂后，转而成为军事强国的？究竟是什么趋势日本在上世纪30年代大规模入侵亚洲大陆？偷袭珍珠港之后，日本迅速攻占了东南亚和西太平洋群岛，但是战争的浪潮已经转向了对盟军有利的中途岛和瓜达康奈尔岛。本书总结了以日本无条件投降宣告太平洋战争结束的原因，以及1945年8月盟军在广岛和长崎投下原子弹的后果。(兼职翻译-XAT)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Douglas Ford 博士是英国萨尔福大学英语，社会学，政治学和当代历史学院的军事历史学讲师。他的研究方向包括情报与现代战争。他最近的著作是2006年的《反日英国秘密作战》。

Dr Douglas Ford is Lecturer in Military History in the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. His research interests include intelligence and modern warfare, and his most recent book is Britain’s Secret War against Japan (2006)

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