Hal M. Friedman - War in the American Pacific and East Asia, 1941-1972

War in the American Pacific
and East Asia,
19411972

AUSA BOOKS

SERIES EDITOR: Joseph Craig

War in the
American Pacific
and East Asia,
19411972

Edited by

Hal M. Friedman

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Portions of previously appeared in Hal Friedman, Arguing over Empire: American Interservice and Interdepartmental Rivalry over Micronesia, 19451947, Journal of Pacific History 29 (June 1994): 3648, and Hal Friedman, Creating an American Lake: United States Imperialism and Strategic Security in the Pacific Basin, 19451947 (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001). Reprinted by permission.

Portions of were previously published in Katherine K. Reist, The American Military Advising Missions in China, 19451949, Journal of Military History 77 (October 2013): 13791398. Reprinted by permission.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Friedman, Hal M., 1965- editor.

Title: War in the American Pacific and East Asia, 1941-1972 / edited by Hal M. Friedman.

Description: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2018] | Series: AUSA books | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018027850| ISBN 9780813176550 (alk. paper) | ISBN 9780813176574 | ISBN 9780813176567

Subjects: LCSH: United StatesArmed ForcesPacific AreaHistory. | United StatesArmed ForcesEast AsiaHistory. | United StatesArmed ForcesHistory20th century.

Classification: LCC UA26.P3 W37 2018 | DDC 355.00973/09044dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018027850

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thank our families for their support,
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would be possible.

Contents

David J. Ulbrich

Rebecca Robbins Raines

Steve Call

Stephen Houseknecht

Josh Levy

Hal M. Friedman

Katherine K. Reist

Nicholas Evan Sarantakes

Sarandis Randy Papadopoulos

Illustrations

Abbreviations