9780807848159-0807848158-Guardians of Empire: The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940

Guardians of Empire: The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940

ISBN-13: 9780807848159
ISBN-10: 0807848158
Edition: Apparent First
Author: Brian McAllister Linn
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Paperback 360 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780807848159
ISBN-10: 0807848158
Edition: Apparent First
Author: Brian McAllister Linn
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Paperback 360 pages

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Guardians of Empire: The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940 (ISBN-13: 9780807848159 and ISBN-10: 0807848158), written by authors Brian McAllister Linn, was published by The University of North Carolina Press in 1999. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other State & Local (United States History, Japan, Asian History, Strategy, Military History, United States, World War II, Engineering, History of Technology, Technology, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Guardians of Empire: The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940 (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used State & Local books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.32.

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In a comprehensive study of four decades of military policy, Brian McAllister Linn offers the first detailed history of the U.S. Army in Hawaii and the Philippines between 1902 and 1940. Most accounts focus on the months preceding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. By examining the years prior to the outbreak of war, Linn provides a new perspective on the complex evolution of events in the Pacific. Exhaustively researched, Guardians of Empire traces the development of U.S. defense policy in the region, concentrating on strategy, tactics, internal security, relations with local communities, and military technology.
Linn challenges earlier studies which argue that army officers either ignored or denigrated the Japanese threat and remained unprepared for war. He demonstrates instead that from 1907 onward military commanders in both Washington and the Pacific were vividly aware of the danger, that they developed a series of plans to avert it, and that they in fact identified--even if they could not solve--many of the problems that would become tragically apparent on 7 December 1941.

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