The Pacific War Papers - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574886339 ISBN 13: 9781574886337

Publisher: POTOMAC BOOKS, 2006

Synopsis

The Pacific War Papers is an annotated collection of extremely rare Japanese primary-source documents, translated into English, that provides an invalu-able resource for historians and students of World War II. These naval and diplomatic documents come from the collection of the late Gordon Prange, the eminent scholar of Pearl Harbor, who obtained them from Japanese naval leaders while working for the Military History Section of the American forces that occupied Japan. Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon have assembled this collection so that these important documents are not lost to history. The editors also provide expert commentary to introduce and explain the importance of the materials. This book forms the companion volume to The Pearl Harbor Papers: Inside the Japanese Plans (Brassey’s, Inc., 1993), which Goldstein and Dillon also edited. Most of the documents published here are not available anywhere else, with many translated for the first time. 

This edited collection covers three main topics: the Japanese navy before World War II, prewar diplomacy and politics, and Japanese naval operations and policy during the war. The documents include diary extracts and candid, short monographs written by high-ranking Japanese officers immediately after the war. They shed new light on the vast naval buildup before the war, the development of the navy’s operational concepts for war with the United States, the organization and tactics of aircraft carrier forces, and the failure of Japanese submarine operations. No World War II library will be complete without this important volume.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald M. Goldstein is a retired United States Air Force officer, professor emeritus of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught for thirty-five years, a winner of two Peabody Awards, and author of many books. He has also taught at the Air Force Academy, the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, the University of Tampa, and Troy State University. He is considered the leading authority on the Pearl Harbor attack. He lives in the Villages, Florida.

Katherine V. Dillon (1916-2005) was a chief warrant officer, United States Air Force (retired), and longtime collaborator with Gordon W. Prange and Donald M. Goldstein on their work. She served during World War II and the Korean War.

Review:

"THE PACIFIC WAR PAPERS is a trove of vital information on the last frontier of World War II in the Paciffic--the organization, planning, and strategy of the Imperial Japanese Navy. No serious student of that theater should be without it." --James D. Hornfischer, author of THE LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS

About this edition

• Publisher: POTOMAC BOOKS
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1574886339
• ISBN 13: 9781574886337
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Goldstein Donald M., Dillon Katherine V.