Dr Douglas Ford is Lecturer in Military History in the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. His research interests include intelligence and modern warfare, and his most recent book is Britain's Secret War against Japan (2006)

• Introduction / 1. Japan Emerges as a Great Power 1860 - 1930 / 2. Prelude to the Pacific War: the China Question 1931-40 / 3. The Road to Pearl Harbor 1940-41 / 4. Japan Triumphant, December 1941 - Spring 1942 / 5. The Allies Turn the Tide, June 1942 - January 1943 / 6. The Dynamics of War: Strategy and Operations / 7. Tactics and Technology / 8. Morale and Combat Motivation / 9. The Intelligence War / 10. Economies at War / 11. A War of Coalitions / 12. War and the Home Fronts / 13. The Endgame, Autumn 1944 to Summer 1945 / 14. The Atomic Bomb and the End of the Pacific War / Conclusion.

Dr Douglas Ford is Lecturer in Military History in the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. His research interests include intelligence and modern warfare, and his most recent book is Britain's Secret War against Japan (2006)

• Introduction / 1. Japan Emerges as a Great Power 1860 - 1930 / 2. Prelude to the Pacific War: the China Question 1931-40 / 3. The Road to Pearl Harbor 1940-41 / 4. Japan Triumphant, December 1941 - Spring 1942 / 5. The Allies Turn the Tide, June 1942 - January 1943 / 6. The Dynamics of War: Strategy and Operations / 7. Tactics and Technology / 8. Morale and Combat Motivation / 9. The Intelligence War / 10. Economies at War / 11. A War of Coalitions / 12. War and the Home Fronts / 13. The Endgame, Autumn 1944 to Summer 1945 / 14. The Atomic Bomb and the End of the Pacific War / Conclusion.

Dr Douglas Ford is Lecturer in Military History in the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. His research interests include intelligence and modern warfare, and his most recent book is Britain's Secret War against Japan (2006)

• Introduction / 1. Japan Emerges as a Great Power 1860 - 1930 / 2. Prelude to the Pacific War: the China Question 1931-40 / 3. The Road to Pearl Harbor 1940-41 / 4. Japan Triumphant, December 1941 - Spring 1942 / 5. The Allies Turn the Tide, June 1942 - January 1943 / 6. The Dynamics of War: Strategy and Operations / 7. Tactics and Technology / 8. Morale and Combat Motivation / 9. The Intelligence War / 10. Economies at War / 11. A War of Coalitions / 12. War and the Home Fronts / 13. The Endgame, Autumn 1944 to Summer 1945 / 14. The Atomic Bomb and the End of the Pacific War / Conclusion.