The Japanese War Machine (1976, 1984) By S.L. Mayer
 
 In 1868, Japan emerged from feudalism and civil conflict as a comparatively undeveloped industrial state in an age of European imperialism in East Asia. Within a generation, Japan had risen to the ranks of the foremost industrial and military powers in the Western Pacific. A generation later, Japan had become the paramount power in East Asia, and her naval and air forces spread Japanese power across the Pacific. The formidable weapon built in the name of the Emperor swept across China and Manchuria; her air forces pummelled Pearl Harbor and Darwin; her armies marched to Singapore and the gates of India. Her navies seized some Aleutian islands and strafed the California coast. By 1942 the world had come to know the power of the most devastating force in the Pacific - the Japanese War Machine.
 
The force and power of the Japanese War Machine is told here by some of the world's leading experts in guns, tanks, planes, and ships of World War II.
 
An excellent overall book on the Japanese army and navy of the World War II era, even though it was published in 1976. I don't think much more additional information on Japanese weaponry and strategy has been found since then. There are definitely quite a few more detailed books now available on particular subjects, but this one still offers a good overall view of things.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
255 Pages
In Good Condition