Defeating Japan : the Joint Chiefs of Staff and strategy in the Pacific war, 1943-1945 / Charles F. Brower.

Contents Political considerations and the war against Japan -- "One part of the larger whole": Pacific war strategy -- To the TRIDENT conference -- "A most critical summer": from TRIDENT to QUADRANT, 1943 -- Strategic reconciliation at SEXTANT -- Lengthening political shadows: strategy in the Pacific, 1944 -- Assault versus siege: the debate over the final strategy -- For the defeat of Japan -- Sophisticated strategists.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012011996
ISBN9781137025210
ISBN1137025212 (alk. paper)