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- Book Title
- Old Friends, New Enemies: The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanes
- ISBN
- 9780198201502
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- Old Friends, New Enemies Vol. 2 : The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy, Volume II: the Pacific War, 1942-1945
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.6 in
- Subject
- Military / World War II, Asia / Japan, Military / Naval, Asia / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.8 in
- Item Weight
- 0 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 664 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198201508
ISBN-13
9780198201502
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1447330
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
664 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Old Friends, New Enemies Vol. 2 : The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy, Volume II: the Pacific War, 1942-1945
Subject
Military / World War II, Asia / Japan, Military / Naval, Asia / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
1990
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
'bears all the marks of his very individual scholarship and style ... narrated Britain's imperial decline - with devotion and skill in combining research, narration, and analysis which have seen no contemporary rival'Anthony Verrier, Financial Times
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
359.00941
Table Of Content
Plates; Maps and figures; Abbreviations and operational code names; Part One. The Rising Sun (December 1941 - April 1942): The grim Allied outlook; The road to the Java Sea; The Indian Ocean; (Playing) cat and mouse; Reactions and reflections; Part Two. Holding the Ring (May 1942 - August 1944): The Admiralty of the Indian Ocean; In the Doldrums; To Colombo and beyond; An uncertain trumpet; Somerville and Mountbatten: Dénouement; Part Three. The Setting Sun August 1944 - August 1945): The British Pacific Fleet: inception; Prospects of defeat, obligations of honour; Main fleet to Okinawa; The East Indies fleet; The Imperial Navy and the way to peace; Sunset over Fujiyama; Conclusion: reluctant enemies; Appendix. The Royal Navy prisoners of war; Bibliography; Index
Synopsis
The first scholarly account of the Royal Navy's participation in the Pacific War between 1942 and the Japanese surrender in 1945. It offers controversial accounts of the key personalities and events that shaped the outcome including the struggle of the Chiefs of Staff to overcome Churchill's opposition to sending a major fleet to the Pacific., This first scholarly account of the Royal Navy in the Pacific War is a companion volume to Arthur Marder's Old Friends, New Enemies: Strategic Illusions, 1936-1941 (-19-82264-7, OP). Picking up the story at the nadir of British naval fortunes - everywhere weak and naked', in Churchill's phrase - it examines the Royal Navy's role in events from 1942 to the Japanese surrender in August 1945. Drawing on both British and Japanese sources and personal accounts by participants, the authors vividly retell the story of the collapse of Allied defences in the Dutch East Indies, culminating in the Battle of the Java Sea. They recount the attempts of the fighting admiral', Sir James Somerville, to train his motley fleet of cast-offs into an efficient fighting force in spite of the reluctance of Churchill, who resisted the formation of a full-scale British Pacific Fleet until the 1945 assault on the Ryukyu Islands immediately south of Japan. Meticulously researched and fully referenced, this unique and absorbing account provides a controversial analysis of the key personalities who shaped events in these momentous years, and makes fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Pacific War. This book also appears in the Oxford General Books catalogue for Autumn 199., This is the first scholarly account of the Royal Navy in the Pacific War. It concludes the late Arthur Marder's two-volume history of the Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy in the decisive years of 1936-1945. Volume II picks up the story at the nadir of the British naval fortunes, and follows the Royal Navy from its position in 1942 to its role in the Japanese surrender in August 1945. The book offers a critical assessment of Churchill's role in shaping the British war effort; the role of the HMS Exeter ; the work of Sir James Somerville, who attempted to train his motley fleet of castoffs into an efficient force able to safeguard trade in the Indian Ocean against Axis raiders and submarines; and the events leading up to the Battle of the Java Sea. Meticulously researched and fully referenced, Old Friends, New Enemies draws on both British and Japanese sources, and offers a readable and comprehensive account of the two navies in the Second World War., This first scholarly account of the Royal Navy in the Pacific War is a companion volume to Arthur Marder's Old Friends, New Enemies: Strategic Illusions, 1936-1941 (0-19-822604-7, OP). Picking up the story at the nadir of British naval fortunes - 'everywhere weak and naked', in Churchill's phrase - it examines the Royal Navy's role in events from 1942 to the Japanese surrender in August 1945.Drawing on both British and Japanese sources and personal accounts by participants, the authors vividly retell the story of the collapse of Allied defences in the Dutch East Indies, culminating in the Battle of the Java Sea. They recount the attempts of the 'fighting admiral', Sir James Somerville, to train his motley fleet of cast-offs into an efficient fighting force in spite of the reluctance of Churchill, who resisted the formation of a full-scale British Pacific Fleet until the 1945 assault on the Ryukyu Islands immediately south of Japan.Meticulously researched and fully referenced, this unique and absorbing account provides a controversial analysis of the key personalities who shaped events in these momentous years, and makes fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Pacific War.This book also appears in the Oxford General Books catalogue for Autumn 1990., This is the first scholarly account of the Royal Navy in the Pacific War. It concludes the late Arthur Marder's two-volume history of the Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy in the decisive years of 1936-1945. Volume II picks up the story at the nadir of the British naval fortunes, and follows the Royal Navy from its position in 1942 to its role in the Japanese surrender in August 1945. The book offers a critical assessment of Churchill's role in shaping the British war effort; the role of the HMS Exeter; the work of Sir James Somerville, who attempted to train his motley fleet of castoffs into an efficient force able to safeguard trade in the Indian Ocean against Axis raiders and submarines; and the events leading up to the Battle of the Java Sea. Meticulously researched and fully referenced, Old Friends, New Enemies draws on both British and Japanese sources, and offers a readable and comprehensive account of the two navies in the Second World War.
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VA454
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Copyright Date
1990
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