World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's Aftermath, with General Themes: A Handbook of Literature and Research Book

	Foreword
	Introduction
Pt. I	International Background to the War in Asia
1	International Relations and the Origins of the War in Asia and the Pacific War	5
Pt. II	The Asian and Pacific Theaters
2	The Second Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945	27
3	The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor	45
4	Japanese Strategy and Campaigns in the Pacific War, 1941-1945	56
5	American and Allied Strategy and Campaigns in the Pacific War, 1941-1945	72
6	Burma and Southeast Asia, 1941-1945	90
7	The Air War against Japan and the End of the War in the Pacific	104
Pt. III	War and Society in the Asian and Pacific Theaters
8	Japanese Occupation, Resistance, and Collaboration in Asia	121
9	The Domestic Impact of War and Occupation on Japan	138
10	European Reconquest and Neocolonialism in Southeast Asia	152
11	Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees: The Asian and Pacific Theaters	172
Pt. IV	The War in Science, Technology, Propaganda, and Unit Histories
12	Science, Technology, and Weapons Development	187
13	Propaganda, Public Opinion, and Censorship during the Second World War	206
14	Unit Histories and the Experience of Combat	222
Pt. V	War, the Arts, and the Life of the Spirit
15	The War and Film in the United States and Britain	241
16	Japanese War Films	255
17	The Holocaust and Film	263
18	The "Western" Fiction of World War II	272
19	Lines (In)Formation: Anglophone Poetry in the Second World War	293
20	The War and the Visual Arts	305
21	Art Music and World War II	323
22	Popular Culture and World War II	334
23	American Christianity on the Home Front during the Second World War	350
24	Christianity Outside North America	364
25	Cultural Background to the War	385
Pt. VI	World War II and Postwar International Relations
26	Allied Summit Diplomacy	401
27	Planning for the Postwar World Economy and the United Nations	422
28	The Breakdown of the Grand Alliance and the Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1947	436
29	War Crimes, International Criminal Law, and the Postwar Trials in Europe and Asia	454
	Author Index	475
	Subject Index	499
	About the Editor and Contributors	509