Rising Sun at War: The Japanese Army 1931-1945, Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

by Philip Jowett

The Japanese Imperial Army was the most powerful force in the Far East during the 1930s and early 1940s, and this photographic history is the ideal introduction to it. In a vivid selection of archive images, most of which have not before been published, Philip Jowett covers its role in a series of conflicts, beginning with the invasion of Manchuria in 1931 through its final defeat in the Pacific War in August 1945. He describes the development of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473874882
• ISBN13: 9781473874886
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.6"