| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 339 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Series |
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428 |
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428.
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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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Japan. Rikugun.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan. Rikugun fast |
| Subject |
Aeronautics -- Japan -- History
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Airplanes -- Japan -- History
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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Aeronautics
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Airplanes
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Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1868-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069422
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781684176106 |
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1684176107 |
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