World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's Aftermath, with General Themes : A Handbook of Literature and Research

A companion to World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, this volume reevaluates the most enduring literature on basic aspects of the war in Asia and the Pacific. It also covers themes pertaining to societies at war, culture, the arts, and science and technology as well as international relations and the postwar world. Included are not only grand strategy, military and naval campaigns, and matters of diplomacy, but also resistance, collaboration, prisoners of war, and broad topics of the home front, including chapters on gender issues, film, literature, popular culture, and propaganda. This volume and its companion provide the first comprehensive historiographic reference work on the war. Each chapter describes the state of knowledge on the topic, relating each bibliographic reference to the chapter's themes and issues, and concludes with a bibliography. Recent original scholarship is included when it aids new understanding, and older works of enduring value also find a place. The essays in this volume will interest scholars and college teachers as well as advanced students and serious amateurs seeking insight into the history of the war and its literature. -- Amazon.com International Relations And The Origins Of The War In Asia And The Pacific War / Michael A. Barnhart -- The Second Sino-japanese War, 1931-1945 / Thomas Marvin Williamsen -- The Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor / Eugene L. Rasor -- Japanese Strategy And Campaigns In The Pacific War, 1941-1945 / Mark R. Peattie -- American And Allied Strategy And Campaigns In The Pacific War, 1941-1945 / Jeffrey G. Barlow -- Burma And Southeast Asia, 1941-1945 / Mark P. Parillo -- The Air War Against Japan And The End Of The War In The Pacific / Conrad C. Crane -- Japanese Occupation, Resistance, And Collaboration In Asia / Shigeru Sato -- The Domestic Impact Of War And Occupation On Japan / William M. Tsutsui -- European Reconquest And Neocolonialism In Southeast Asia / Dieu Thi Nguyen -- Prisoners Of War And Civilian Internees: The Asian And Pacific Theaters / S.p. Mackenzie -- Science, Technology, And Weapons Development / Benjamin H. Kristy --^ Propaganda, Public Opinion, And Censorship During The Second World War / Loyd E. Lee -- Unit Histories And The Experience Of Combat / Loyd E. Lee -- The War And Film In The United States And Britain / Stephen Curley -- Japanese War Films / William B. Hauser -- The Holocaust And Film / Judith E. Doneson -- The Western Fiction Of World War Ii / M. Paul Holsinger -- Lines (in) Formation : Anglophone Poetry In The Second World War / Jonathan W. Bolton -- The War And The Visual Arts / Brian Foss -- Art Music And World War Ii / Ben Arnold -- Popular Culture And World War Ii / Ruth Elwell -- American Christianity On The Home Front During The Second World War / Gerald L. Sittser -- Christianity Outside North America / Richard V. Pierard -- Cultural Background To The War / Donald J. Mrozek -- Allied Summit Diplomacy / Mark A. Stoler -- Planning For The Postwar World Economy And The United Nations / Georg Schild --^ The Breakdown Of The Grand Alliance And The Origins Of The Cold War, 1945-1947 / Lawrence Aronsen -- War Crimes, International Criminal Law, And The Postwar Trials In Europe And Asia / R. John Pritchard. Edited By Loyd E. Lee ; Foreword By Carol N. Gluck ; Robin Higham, Advisory Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Scholars studying the origins of the Second World War in Asia are almost universally agreed on two points.