The Pacific War and Contingent Victory: Why Japanese Defeat Was Not Inevitable

by Michael W. Myers

Book Overview

About the Allies' victory in the Pacific in WWII, it goes almost without question that Japan's defeat was inevitable in the face of overwhelming American military might and economic power. But the outcome, Michael W. Myers contends, was actually anything but inevitable. This book is Myers's thorough and deeply informed explanation of how contingent the "foregone conclusion" of the war in the Pacific really was.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700620877
• ISBN13: 9780700620876
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"