Rising Sun, Falling Skies : The disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II

Jeffrey Cox

ISBN 10: 1472810600 / ISBN 13: 9781472810601

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2015, 2015

Beschreibung

Neuware - Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore, and taking resource-rich islands in the Pacific in their own blitzkrieg offensive. Allied losses in these early months after America's entry into the war were great, and among the most devastating were those suffered during the Java Sea Campaign, where a small group of Americans, British, Dutch, and Australians were isolated in the Far East - directly in the path of the Japanese onslaught. It would be the first major sea battle of World War II in the Pacific.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781472810601

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Rising Sun, Falling Skies : The disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2015
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1472810600
• ISBN-13: 9781472810601
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

Author Jeffrey Cox conducts a thorough and compelling investigation of the Java Sea Campaign, the first major sea battle of the Pacific War, which inflicted huge costs on the Allies and set the stage for Japan's rout across the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jeffrey R. Cox is a litigation attorney and an independent military historian specializing in World War II, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome. His first interest was in the Pacific War, which he has studied for more than 30 years. A student of history, international affairs, and defence policy for most of his life, Cox holds a degree in National Security Policy Studies from The Ohio State University and a doctorate of jurisprudence from Indiana University School of Law. He is a contributor to Military History Online (militaryhistoryonline.com) and resides in Indiana.