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Beschreibung

In 1937 the swath of the globe from India to Japan contained half the world's population but only two nations with real sovereignty (Japan and Thailand) and two with compromised sovereignty (China and Mongolia). All other peoples in the region endured under some form of colonialism. Today the region contains nineteen fully sovereign nations.

Tower of Skulls is the first work to present a unified account of the course and impact of this part of the global war. It expands beyond military elements to highlight the critical political, economic and social reverberations of the struggle. Finally, it provides a graphic depiction of the often forgotten but horrific death toll in the Asia-Pacific region-over 20 million-which continues to shape international relations today.

In 1937 the swath of the globe from India to Japan contained half the world's population but only two nations with real sovereignty (Japan and Thailand) and two with compromised sovereignty (China and Mongolia). All other peoples in the region endured under some form of colonialism. Today the region contains nineteen fully sovereign nations.

Tower of Skulls is the first work to present a unified account of the course and impact of this part of the global war. It expands beyond military elements to highlight the critical political, economic and social reverberations of the struggle. Finally, it provides a graphic depiction of the often forgotten but horrific death toll in the Asia-Pacific region-over 20 million-which continues to shape international relations today.

Über den Autor
Richard B. Frank is an internationally acclaimed historian of the Asia-Pacific War. His multiple awards include the Truman Book Award, and Tower of Skulls was a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History. A presidential counselor at the National World War II Museum, he lives in Annandale, Virginia.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: 20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780393541366
ISBN-10: 0393541363
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Frank, Richard B
Hersteller: W. W. Norton & Company
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 212 x 146 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Richard B Frank
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.04.2021
Gewicht: 0,598 kg
Artikel-ID: 118911819

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