Routledge Handbook of the Second World War in the Pacific
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- ISBN 9781032077185
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 21 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This collection of over fifty essays provides a comprehensive overview of the Pacific theater of World War II. Scholars and practitioners from around the globe unite their expertise to explore the interaction of the belligerents, with multiple chapters co-written by Japanese and American authors.
Part I provides the political, economic, military, strategic, and legal backdrop. Part II highlights operational and strategic concepts and approaches: assessment, deterrence, strategic culture, war gaming and planning, access and anti-access campaigns, cumulative and sequential operations, strategic and operational intelligence, and logistics. Part III focuses on turning points: the Axis alliance, wartime mobilization, naval buildups, the key campaigns of Malaya, Midway, Guadalcanal, and Leyte Gulf, unrestricted submarine warfare, and aerial bombing. Part IV turns to the warzone societies with chapters on Australia, China, Indonesia, India, Indochina, Japan, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Part V concludes with the war’s diverse legacies: the Communist victory in China, suspicions of a Pearl Harbor coverup, the transformation of international law, the fate of veterans, the teaching of the war, its operational and doctrinal lessons, and the many movies and museums about it.
The handbook offers original and enduring analyses that will interest scholars, students, policymakers, and history buffs alike.
S. C. M. Paine is William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy Emerita of the US Naval War College, where she taught strategy from 2000 to 2025.
John M. Sheehan is Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy of the US Naval War College in the NWC program at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He is a retired Commander, US Navy, who served as a naval aviator and aircraft carrier-based attack pilot, and as naval and joint strategist.
Sam J. Tangredi holds the Leidos Chair of Future Warfare Studies at the US Naval War College, where he is Professor of National, Naval and Maritime Strategy. He is a retired Captain, US Navy, who served as head of the USN Strategy and Concepts Branch and command at sea.
Stuart D. Furner is a professor and deputy chair of the Joint Military Operations Department at the US Naval War College. A retired US Army Colonel, he was an infantry and staff officer with operational deployments in Asia, Africa, and South America.
Matthew A. Tattar is Professor in the Wargaming Department of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the US Naval War College.
Evan Wilson is Associate Professor in the John B. Hattendorf Center for Maritime Historical Research at the US Naval War College.
J. Ross Dancy is the Associate Provost for Research at the US Naval War College. As a US Marine infantryman, he served in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
