In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia
The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia
$32.84
- Paperback
358 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2008
Summary
"The New York Times" said of Ronald H. Spector‘s classic account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, "No future book on the Pacific War will be written without paying due tribute to Eagle Against the Sun." Now Spector has returned with a book that is even more revealing. I"n the Ruins of Empire" chronicles the startling aftermath of this crucial twentieth-century conflict. With access to recently available firsth…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812967326 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812967321 |
| Author: | Ronald H. Spector |
| Publisher: | Random House Trade |
| Imprint: | Random House US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 358 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 130mm x 205mm |
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Ronald H. Spector
Ronald H. Spector is a professor of history and international relations at George Washington University. He was a distinguished professor of strategy at the National War College in Washington, D.C., and a guest professor at Kyoto University at Tokyo. Spector served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and is the author of six books, including “Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan,” a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. He and his wife live in Annandale, Virginia.
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