world war ii in asia

Pre-Owned 7 December 1941 the Air Force Story Paperback

This analytical work by Dr. Eduard Mark of the Center for Air Force History examines the practice of air interdiction in three wars: World War II the Korean War and the war in Southeast Asia. It considers eleven important interdiction campaigns all... more

Europe@war: We Were Never There: Volume 2: CIA U-2 Asia and Worldwide Operations 1957-1974 (Paperback)

Devised by Kelly Johnson and operated by the CIA from 1956-74 the U-2 is the world s most famous spyplane. It flew at unprecedented altitudes and carried the most sophisticated sensors available all in the greatest secrecy. The second volume of We... more

Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan s Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia 1895-1945 (Paperback)

In Imperial Gateway Seiji Shirane explores the political social and economic significance of colonial Taiwan in the southern expansion of Japan s empire from 1895 to the end of World War II. Challenging understandings of empire that focus on... more

Pre-Owned Lost White Tribes: The End of Privilege and the Last Colonials in Sri Lanka Jamaica Brazil Haiti Namibia and Guadeloupe (Hardcover) 0743211979 9780743211970

Over 300 hundred years ago the first European colonists landed in Africa Asia and the Caribbean to found permanent outposts of the great empires. This epic migration continued until after World War II when some of these tropical colonies became... more

Pre-Owned Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes In World War II (Transitions--Asia and Asian America) (Paperback) 0813327180

This book documents for the first time previously hidden Japanese atrocities in World War II including cannibalism; the slaughter and starvation of prisoners of war; the rape enforced prostitution and murder of noncombatants; and biological warfare... more

Pre-Owned The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia (Paperback) 0316196681 9780316196680

From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers Flyboys and The Imperial Cruise a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao s ascent. In each of his books James Bradley has exposed the... more

United States in the World: Arc of Containment: Britain the United States and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia (Paperback)

Arc of Containment recasts the history of American empire in Southeast and East Asia from World War II through the end of American intervention in Vietnam. Setting aside the classic story of anxiety about falling dominoes Wen-Qing Ngoei articulates... more

In the Ruins of Empire : The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia 9780375509155 Used / Pre-owned

In this sequel to Eagle Against the Sun Spector examines how the end of World War II in the Pacific spawned brutal new conflicts for power among the peoples of the former Japanese Empire in Asia. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better... more

The Brief History of World War 2 in Asia: The Asia-Pacific War the Eastern Fleet Pearl Harbor and the Atom Bomb that Shocked Japan (1941-1945) -- Academy Archives

World War II in Asia (also called Pacific War (and) Pacific War) was fought in East Asia and the Pacific Ocean between the Japanese Empire and a coalition of Allies the most important of which were the United States China and (from August 1945) the... more

Pre-Owned The GI War Against Japan: American Soldiers in Asia and the Pacific During World War II (Hardcover) 0814798160 9780814798164

Choice Outstanding Academic Title Even in the midst of World War II Americans could not help thinking of the lands across the Pacific as a continuation of the American Western frontier. But this perception only heightened American soldiers... more

Pre-Owned The Burma Road : The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II 9780060746384

As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at World War II s outset closing all of China s seaports more than 200 000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a 700-mile overland route -- the Burma Road... more

The New Cambridge History of Japan: Volume 2 Early Modern Japan in Asia and the World C. 1580-1877 (Hardcover)

This major new reference work presents an accessible and innovative survey of the latest developments in the study of early modern Japan. The period from about 1580 to 1877 saw the reunification of Japan after a long period of civil war followed by... more

Forgotten War: The British Empire and Commonwealth s Epic Struggle Against Imperial Japan 1941-1945 (Hardcover)

...comprehensive engaging and insightful. -- Wall Street Journal The monumental struggle fought against Imperial Japan in the Asia/Pacific theater during World War II is primarily viewed as an American affair. While the United States did play a... more

Pre-Owned Becoming Asia: Change and Continuity in Asian International Relations Since World War II (Hardcover 9780804771504) by Alice Lyman Miller Richard Wich

9780804771504. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 336. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 336 p. Contains: Unspecified. At the conclusion of World War II Asia was hardly more than a geographic expression. Yet today we... more

India s War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia Hardcover - USED - VERY GOOD Condition

9780465030224. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 592. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 592 p. Contains: Unspecified. Between 1939 and 1945 India underwent irreversible change when Indians suddenly found themselves... more

Pre-Owned Cold War Orientalism: Asia in the Middlebrow Imagination 1945-1961 9780520232303 Paperback First Edition edition

9780520232303. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 336. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. In the years following World War II American writers and artists produced a steady stream of popular stories about... more

Pre-Owned Prelude to Pearl Harbor: Ideology and Culture in US-Japan Relations 1919-1941 (Paperback 9781538166505) by John Gripentrog

9781538166505. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 284. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 284 p. Contains: Unspecified Halftones black & white. Reconsidering the origins of World War II in Asia and the Pacific... more

Voices of an Era Voices of World War II: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life (Hardcover)

Drawing together a wide variety of primary source documents from across the United States Europe and Asia this book illuminates the events and experiences of World War II--the most devastating war in human history. World War II was the most... more

Pre-Owned The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia Since World War II Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Heitai: Uniforms Equipment and Personal Items of the Japanese Soldier 1931-1945 (Hardcover)

Once the seemingly invincible conquerors of nearly all of East Asia today relatively little is known of the exact weapons uniforms and lifestyle of World War II Japanese soldiers (the Heitai). In this lavishly illustrated book readers and historians... more

Asia Perspectives: History Society and Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II (Paperback)

Available for the first time in English this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government s... more

Legacies of World War II in South and East Asia (Hardcover)

Sixty years after the end of World War II the political and social fallout from the War is alive and divisive as scholars in this volume show. One example is how former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine... more

Critical Perspectives on Empire Violence and Colonial Order: Police Workers and Protest in the European Colonial Empires 1918-1940 (Hardcover)

This is a pioneering multi-empire account of the relationship between the politics of imperial repression and the economic structures of European colonies between the two World Wars. Ranging across colonial Africa Southeast Asia and the Caribbean... more

Home Front: A true story based on the WWII diaries of Velma Beckerdite (Hardcover)

In January of 1944 the United States is fighting a war on two fronts-Europe and Asia-as eighteen-year-old Vee Hammontree bravely traveles from Missouri to Idaho where she intends to marry her high-school sweetheart. Both her fiance Robert and her... more

Central Asia in World War Two: The Impact and Legacy of Fighting for the Soviet Union (Paperback)

Central Asia has long been situated at the geographical crossroads of East and West once strategically located on the ancient Silk Road. The envy of the expanding Russian empire it was colonized in the 19th century by Cossacks and traders from the... more

Routledge Contemporary Japan Japanese Apologies for World War II: A Rhetorical Study (Paperback)

Post-war Japan offers a compelling case study of national apologies for past wrongdoings. Actions of the Japanese Army and government during the Second World War caused enormous suffering and distress throughout Asia leaving a legacy of resentment... more

Writing War: Soldiers Record the Japanese Empire (Hardcover)

Historians have made widespread use of diaries to tell the story of the Second World War in Europe but have paid little attention to personal accounts from the Asia-Pacific Theater. Writing War seeks to remedy this imbalance by examining over two... more

Pre-Owned On the Front Lines of the Cold War: An American Correspondents Journal from the Chinese Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam (Hardcover) 0807135569 9780807135563

In the years following World War II the United States suffered its most severe military and diplomatic reverses in Asia while Mao Zedong laid the foundation for the emergence of China as a major economic and military world power. As a correspondent... more

Anchor of Resolve: A History of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command fifth Fleet (Hardcover)

This illustrated history covers the history of the U.S. Navy in the Middle East. America s interests in the Middle East southwest Asia and eastern Africa date almost to the founding of the nation. Since World War II the Navy has been the first line... more

Oxford History of the United States The American People in World War II (Paperback)

Even as the New Deal was coping with the Depression a new menace was developing abroad. Exploiting Germany s own economic burdens Hitler reached out to the disaffected turning their aimless discontent into loyal support for his Nazi Party. In Asia... more

Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus Foreign Policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan: The Difficult Road to Western Integration 1918-1920 (Paperback)

As revolution swept over Russia and empires collapsed in the final days of World War I Azerbaijan and neighbouring Georgia and Armenia proclaimed their independence in May 1918. During the ensuing two years of struggle for independence military... more

Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus Foreign Policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan: The Difficult Road to Western Integration 1918-1920 (Hardcover)

As revolution swept over Russia and empires collapsed in the final days of World War I Azerbaijan and neighbouring Georgia and Armenia proclaimed their independence in May 1918. During the ensuing two years of struggle for independence military... more

Anchor of Resolve: A History of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command fifth Fleet (Paperback)

This illustrated history covers the history of the U.S. Navy in the Middle East. America s interests in the Middle East southwest Asia and eastern Africa date almost to the founding of the nation. Since World War II the Navy has been the first line... more

Race for Empire : Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans during World War II (Edition 1) (Paperback)

Race for Empire offers a profound and challenging reinterpretation of nationalism racism and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. In parallel case studies--of Japanese Americans mobilized to serve in the United States Army and of... more

Race War!: White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire (Hardcover)

Japan s lightning march across Asia during World War II was swift and brutal. Nation after nation fell to Japanese soldiers. How were the Japanese able to justify their occupation of so many Asian nations? And how did they find supporters in... more

Pre-Owned American Airline s Secret War in China: Project Seven Alpha WWII (Paperback 9781473887718) by Leland Shanle

9781473887718. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Language: English. Pages: 244. 244 p. Contains: Unspecified. Includes unspecified. In late 1941 President Roosevelt agonized over the rapid advances of the Japanese forces in Asia; they seemed... more

Pre-Owned The Pacific War 1931-1945: A Critical Perspective on Japan s Role in World War II (Paperback 9780394734965) by Saburo Ienaga

9780394734965. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 336. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Pantheon Asia Library. more

Routledge Contemporary Japan Japanese Apologies for World War II: A Rhetorical Study (Hardcover)

Post-war Japan offers a compelling case study of national apologies for past wrongdoings. Actions of the Japanese Army and government during the Second World War caused enormous suffering and distress throughout Asia leaving a legacy of resentment... more