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Wings for the rising sun : a transnational history of Japanese aviation / Jürgen P. Melzer

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Melzer, Jürgen P.
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
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1 online resource (xxiv, 339 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
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Contents
Copyright Page / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- Dedication / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- Maps, Figures, and Tables / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- Acknowledgments / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- Preface / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- Note on Sources / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- A New Perspective on Japanese Aviation History / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- part i Early Japanese Aviation, 1877-1918 / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- chapter 1 Powerful Images and Grand Visions / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- chapter 2 The French Decade / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- part ii Germany and Japan's Army Aviation, 1918-37 / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- chapter 3 Japan's Army Aviation in the Wake of World War I / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- chapter 4 On the Way to Independent Aircraft Design / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- part iii Britain, Germany, and Japan's Naval Aviation, 1912-37 / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- chapter 5 Navigating a Sea of Change / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- chapter 6 Japan's Naval Aviation Taking the Lead / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- part iv Toward Pearl Harbor and Beyond, 1937-45 / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- chapter 7 US Know-How for Japanese Aircraft Makers / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- chapter 8 Jet and Rocket Technology for Japan's Decisive Battle / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- epilogue / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- Notes / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- Bibliography / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- Index / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer -- Harvard East Asian Monographs / Author: Jürgen P. Melzer.
Summary
"This history of Japanese aviation connects the intense drama of flight with a global history of international cooperation, competition, and conflict. Details how Japanese strategists, diplomats, and industrialists skillfully exploited a series of major geopolitical changes to expand Japanese airpower and develop an autonomous domestic industry"--
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ISBN
9781684176106 (electronic bk.)
1684176107 (electronic bk.)
0674244419
9780674244412
9780674244429
0674244427
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index.
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