World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia (Military History of the United States)

About this book

Stanley Sandler one of Americas most respected and best-known military historians has brought together over 300 entries by some 200 specialists in the field to create the first encyclopedia specifically devoted to the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Extending far beyond battles and hardware the coverage ranges from high policy-making grand strategy and the significant persons and battles of the conflict to the organization of the Allied and Japanese divisions aircraft armor artillery psychological warfare warships and the home fronts covering the interactions of each topic along the way.