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Defeating Japan: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and Strategy in the Pacific War, 1943-1945
Charles F. Brower
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Description for Defeating Japan: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and Strategy in the Pacific War, 1943-1945
Hardcover. A study of the political and military aspects of the US strategy in the fight against Japan during World War II. Num Pages: 220 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
This book argues that American strategists in the Joint Chiefs of Staff were keenly aware of the inseparability of political and military aspects of strategy in the fight against Japan in World War II. They understood that war not only has political sources, it also has political purposes that establish the war's objectives and help to define the nature of the peace to follow. They understood that policy was the 'guiding intelligence' for war, in Clausewitzian terms, and that to attempt to approach strategic problems was nonsensical.
This book argues that American strategists in the Joint Chiefs of Staff were keenly aware of the inseparability of political and military aspects of strategy in the fight against Japan in World War II. They understood that war not only has political sources, it also has political purposes that establish the war's objectives and help to define the nature of the peace to follow. They understood that policy was the 'guiding intelligence' for war, in Clausewitzian terms, and that to attempt to approach strategic problems was nonsensical.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137025210
SKU
V9781137025210
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99-15
About Charles F. Brower
Charles F. Brower is Professor of History and International Affairs at Virginia Military Institute, USA, where he teaches courses in American foreign policy and strategy and holds the Henry King Burgwyn Chair in Military History.
Reviews for Defeating Japan: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and Strategy in the Pacific War, 1943-1945
'This major reassessment properly identifies, analyzes, and emphasizes the importance of political considerations and goals in determining U.S. strategy in the war against Japan. It provides a useful corrective to the popular but erroneous belief that U.S. strategy during World War II was based on 'purely military' factors.' - Mark A. Stoler, author of Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs ... Read more