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

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428
• VerfasserIn: Melzer, Jurgen P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, Massachusetts ;, London : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2020]; 2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.(xxiv, 339 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Other title: Copyright Page /; Dedication /; Maps, Figures, and Tables /; Acknowledgments /; Preface /; Note on Sources /; A New Perspective on Japanese Aviation History /; part i Early Japanese Aviation, 1877-1918 /; chapter 1 Powerful Images and Grand Visions /; chapter 2 The French Decade /; part ii Germany and Japan's Army Aviation, 1918-37 /; chapter 3 Japan's Army Aviation in the Wake of World War I /; chapter 4 On the Way to Independent Aircraft Design /; part iii Britain, Germany, and Japan's Naval Aviation, 1912-37 /; chapter 5 Navigating a Sea of Change /; chapter 6 Japan's Naval Aviation Taking the Lead /; part iv Toward Pearl Harbor and Beyond, 1937-45 /; chapter 7 US Know-How for Japanese Aircraft Makers /; chapter 8 Jet and Rocket Technology for Japan's Decisive Battle /; epilogue /; Notes /; Bibliography /; Index /; Harvard East Asian Monographs /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1684176107
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jurgen P. Melzer.

"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"--