TY - BOOK AU - REES David TI - The defeat of Japan SN - 0275959554 (hbk.): PY - 1997/// CY - Westport, Conn., USA PB - Praeger KW - JAPAN KW - PACIFIC CAMPAIGN KW - SECOND WORLD WAR N2 - Examines the defeat of the Japanese in the Second World War against the background of Japan's emergence in the early twentieth century as a great power with expansionist ambitions; an ambition which culminated in her launching the Pacific War in December 1941 ER -