Jonathan Marshall makes a provocative statement: it was not ideological or national security considerations that led the United States into war with Japan in 1941. Instead, he argues, it was a struggle for access to Southeast Asia's vast storehouse of commodities-rubber, oil, and tin-that drew the United States into the conflict. Boldly departing from conventional wisdom, Marshall reexamines the political landscape of the time and recreates the mounting tension and fear that gripped U.S. officials in the months before the war.
ISBN: | 9780520304765 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Published date: | 01 Sep 2020 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 298 |
Weight: | 468g |
Height: | 152mm |
Width: | 229mm |
Spine width: | 19mm |