Planning for an unpredictable war: British intelligence assessments and the war against Japan, 1937-45

Journal of Strategic Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 136-167

  Ford, Douglas ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANNING PROCESS; POLITICAL HISTORY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 3042680227     PISSN: 01402390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0140239042000232800     Document Type: Article

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