Tower of skulls : a history of the Asia-Pacific war

Author(s)

• Frank, Richard B.

Bibliographic Information

Tower of skulls : a history of the Asia-Pacific war

Richard B. Frank

W. W. Norton & Company, c2020

• : hardcover

Note

volume 1. July 1937-May 1942

Includes bibliographical references (p. [687]-711) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In 1937 the swath of the globe from India to Japan contained half the world's population but only two nations with real sovereignty (Japan and Thailand) and two with compromised sovereignty (China and Mongolia). All other peoples in the region endured under some form of colonialism. Today the region contains nineteen fully sovereign nations. Tower of Skulls is the first work to present a unified account of the course and impact of this part of the global war. It expands beyond military elements to highlight the critical political, economic and social reverberations of the struggle. Finally, it provides a graphic depiction of the often forgotten but horrific death toll in the Asia-Pacific region-over 20 million-which continues to shape international relations today.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BC05415045
• ISBN:
  • 9781324002109
• LCCN: 2019033200
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 751 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D767
  • DC23 : 940.54/25
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Pacific Area