TY - BOOK AU - Johnson, William Bruce PY - 2006 DA - 2006// TI - Pacific campaign in World War II: from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal T3 - Cass series / Naval policy and history 35 ET - 1. publ. PB - Routledge CY - London [u.a.] KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - Pacific Area KW - United States KW - Armed Forces KW - History AB - I. The Pacific background -- II. Why Japan gambled -- III. The last clear chance -- IV. The long postmortem -- V. The course of empire -- VI. Bataan through Midway -- VII. The counterthrust -- VIII. The first two days -- IX. The Battle of Savo Island -- X. Settling in -- XI. Up against it -- XII. A mixed picture -- XIII. Courage and ambivalence -- XIV. Medical issues -- XV. The end of the beginning. SN - 0415701759 LA - English N1 - William Bruce Johnson ID - 489682766 ER -