| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 339 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Series |
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Japan. Rikugun.
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Japan. Rikugun. |
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Aeronautics -- Japan -- History.
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Airplanes -- Japan -- History.
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1868-
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan. |
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Aeronautics. |
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Airplanes. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
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Japan. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1868 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Melzer, Jürgen P. Wings for the rising sun. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020 0674244419 (DLC) 2019043564 (OCoLC)1114885924 |
| ISBN |
9781684176106 (electronic bk.) |
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1684176107 (electronic bk.) |
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0674244419 |
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9780674244412 |
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9780674244429 |
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0674244427 |
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