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s7wN*HJrlaWMII ^H ^H .. . 1^ WES . 4*-.'.•> Aicn, Hrtnur The rising sun 940.5426 ZICH BELVEDERE-TIBURO) H • "••TV: DATE DUE onnr APR i 1 J ZUUb MAY 1 7 5 nm 'M BrodanCo. Cat.#55137001 PrimedinUSA "^F 1 Victorious Japanese soldiers in the Philippines assemble around a mammoth artillerypiece, topose in triumph tor a photograph that will besent back home. THE RISING SUN Other Publications: THE GREAT CITIES HOME REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT THE WORLD'S WILD PLACES THE TIME-LIFE LIBRARYOF BOATING HUMAN BEHAVIOR THE ART OF SEWING THE OLD WEST THE EMERGENCE OF MAN THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS THE TIME-LIFE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING LIFE LIBRARY OF PHOTOGRAPHY THIS FABULOUS CENTURY FOODS OF THE WORLD TIME-LIFE LIBRARY OF AMERICA TIME-LIFE LIBRARY OF ART GREATAGES OF MAN LIFE SCIENCE LIBRARY THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TIME READING PROGRAM LIFE NATURE LIBRARY LIFE WORLD LIBRARY FAMILY LIBRARY: HOW THINGS WORK IN YOUR HOME THE TIME-LIFE BOOK OF THE FAMILY CAR THE TIME-LIFE FAMILY LEGAL GUIDE THE TIME-LIFE BOOK OF FAMILY FINANCE ImT1MnEI BOOKS Alexandria, Virginia WORLD WAR TIME -LIFE ROOKS ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA II BY ARTHUR ZICH AND THE EDITORS OF TIME-LIFE DOOKS Time-Life Books Inc. The Author: ARTHUR ZICH, formerly a staff .,ni d subsidiary member of LlF! SPORTS ILLUSTRATED.TlMI and TIME INCORPORATED Newsweek, is a freelance writer who specialized Founder: Henry R. Luce 1(198-1967 isntatAisoinaend sitnudOikeisnaatwaDawritthmotuhtehU.aSn.dAiYraleF.orcWeh,ilhee i in ( hief: Hedley Donovan served as a Chinese interpreter and later spent Chairman of the Board Andrew Heiskell three years covering Southeast Asia from Ti\u's lames R. Shepley bureau in Hong Kong. He lives in Half Moon nun Roy E. Larsen Bay, California, and is at work on a book about ( orporate Editor Ralph Gra\i the Philippine Islands. TIME-LIFE BOOKS INC. Managing Editor: Jerry Korn The Consultants: COL. JOHN R. ELTING, USA Executive Editor: David Maness (ret.), is a military historian, author of The Battle Assistant Managing Editors. Dale Brown, of Bunker's Hill and A Military History and Atlas Martin Mann oi the Napoleonic Wars. He was the editor of Art Director: Tom Suzuki Military Uniforms in North America: The Chiet ol Research: David L. Harrison Revolutionary Era and served as associate editor Director oi Photography: Melvin L. Scott for The West Point Atlas of American Wars. Senior Text Editors: William Frankel, Diana Hirsh Assistant Art Director: Arnold C. Holeywell JOHN M. MAKI is a professor of political sci- Chairman Joan D. Manley ence at the University of Massachusetts at President: John D. McSweeney Amherst. A specialist in Japanese government Executive Vice Presidents: Carl C. Jaeger (U.S. and and politics, Professor Maki is the author of Canada), David J. Walsh (International) Japanese Militarism: Its Cause and Cure; Vice President and Secretary Government and Politics in japan: The Road to Paul R. Stewart Democracy; Court and Constitution in Japan; 1reasurerand General Manager: and several other books and numerous articles John Steven Maxwell dealing with Japan. In 1946, he served as civilian Business Manager: Peter G. Barnes consultant on reorganization of the Japanese Sales Director: John L. Canova government at General Headquarters, Supreme Public Relations Director: Nicholas Benton Commander for the Allied Powers in Tokyo. Personnel Director: Beatrice T. Dobie Production Director: Herbert Sorkin ConsumerAffairs Director: Carol Flaumenhaft WORLD WAR II Editorial Staff for The Rising Sun: Editor: William K. Goolrick Picture Editors/Designers: Thomas S. Huestis, Charles Mikolaycak Text Editors: Thomas H. Flaherty Jr., Valerie Moolman, David Thomson Start Writers: Ruth Kelton, Henry P. Leifermann, Philip W. Payne, James Randall, Sterling Seagrave, L. Robert Tschirky Researchers: Josephine G. Burke, Doris Coffin, Jane Edwin, Barbara Fleming, Gail Nussbaum, Josephine Reidy, Henry Weincek, Frances G. Youssef EditorialAssistants: Cecily Gemmell, Dolores Morrissy Editorial Production Production Editor: Douglas B. Graham Operations Manager: Gennaro C. Esposito Assistant Production Editor: Feliciano Madrid Quality Director: Robert L. Young Assistant Quality Director: James Cox J. Associate Serafino Cambareri J. Copy Staff: Susan B. Galloway (chief), Margery duMond, Victoria Lee, Mary Ellen Slate, Florence Keith, Celia Beattie Picture Department: Dolores A. Littles, B/ai.ribiiairc:aBSa.rSbiamraonBuzan ©No1p9a7r7tToifmet-hiLsifbeooBkoomkasyInbce. rAlelprroidghutcsedresienrved. Correspondents: Elisabeth Kraemer (Bonn); Margot any form orby any electronic or mechanical Hapgood, Dorothy Bacon (London); Susan Jonas, mreetarniesv,alindcelvuidciensgoirnsfyosrtmeamtsi,onwistthooruatgeprainodr Lucy T. Voulgaris (New York); Maria Vincenza Aloisi, written permission from the publisher, Josephine du Brusle (Paris); Ann Natanson (Rome); except that reviewers mayquote briefpassages Villette Harris (Washington). Valuable assistance was for reviews. also provided by: Ralph lula (Akron); Wibo van de First printing. Linde (Amsterdam); Karen Horton (Honolulu); Published simultaneously in Canada CSa.rCohlaynng,T.SChhouibcehti,IZmaein,oFnraanGkreIewnam(aNe(wToYkoyrok)).; SCLciohbmropaoarlynyaon,fdCMolonirbgnrrasertsyosdwicnsa,ttraiNlbeougtwuieoJnecrabsryedy.SinluvmerbeBrurd7e6-t5t2547. CHAPTERS 1: Countdown for War 18 2: The Surprise Attack 50 3: Outposts Overwhelmed 86 4: The Strike to the South 118 5: Under the Conqueror's Rule 148 6: Midway: The Turning Point 176 PICTURE ESSAYS A Doomed Way of Life 6 Gearing for Battle 28 Good Duty in the Islands 40 Target: Pearl Harbor 58 In the Wake of the Raid 74 Tragedy in the Philippines 98 The Doolittle Raid 106 Nippon's Adaptable Army 130 The First Carrier Clash 140 A New Order in Asia 156 The Patriotic Art of War 166 Japan's Audacious Gambler 184 An All-Out Thrust at Home 192 Bibliography 204 Acknowledgments 204 Picture Credits 205 Index 205 CONTENTS A m ^** i Z :'
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