From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day: The American Armed Forces in World War II

248 Pages·1995·23.74 MB·English

by  D. Clayton James

$24.95
Here is the first compact history of the
U.S. armed forces in the greatest conflict
—
in world history a lucid and balanced
account by two authoritative military his-
torians.
Examining the strategy, logistics, high
command, operations, and home-front
aspects oftheWorld War campaign, D.
II
Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells
narrate the story in slightly more than two
hundred pages, with a cJarity and per-
spective that virtually any reader will
appreciate.
"The Second World War was history's
largest war in numbers of nations and
ground, sea, and air personnel,'' the
authors write. "Itwas the first truly global
war, with active theaters of operations in
the Atlantic, Western Europe, the
Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, the Sovi-
et Union, the Middle East, North Africa,
Northwest Africa, China, India, Burma,
Southeast Asia, and virtually all of the
Pacific." James and Wells cover all the
theaters in which American forces were
involved, from the Battle ofthe Atlantic in
April 1941 to the Japanese surrender in
Tokyo Bay.
As well as describing the major cam-
paigns and battles, and analyzing strate-
gy and tactics. From Peorl Harbor to V-J
Do/contains crisp portraits of major mil-
itary leaders and a background of politi-
cal, diplomatic, economic, and social
developments in the warring nations. The
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From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day

FROM
PEARL HARBOR
TO DAY
V-J
The American Armed Forces
in World War II
D. Clayton James
Anne Sharp Wells
The American Ways Series
IVAN R. DEE Chicago
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FROM PEARL HARBOR TO V-J DAY. Copyright © 1995 by
D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells. All rights reserved,
including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in
any form. For information, address: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1332
North Halsted Street, Chicago 60622. Manufactured in the United
States of America and printed on acid-free paper.
Maps by Victor Thompson, based on drawings by the authors
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
James, D, Clayton.
From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day the American Armed Forces
:
in World War—II / D. Clayton James, Anne Sharp Wells,
p. cm. (The American ways series)
Includes bibliographica—l references and index.
ISBN 1-56663-072-X. ISBN 1-56663-073-8 (pbk.)
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I. World Wa—r, 1939-1—945 United States. 2. United States
Armed Forces History World War, 1939-1945. I. Wells,
Anne Sharp. II. Title. III. Series.
D769.J36 —1995
940.54'1273 dc2o 94-24413
To the M. S. Worleys
and the N. E. Jameses