Wings for the rising sun : : a transnational history of Japanese aviation / / 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 a...
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| Superior document: | Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428 |
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| 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) |
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Table of 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.