Dismantling the ‘Lesser Men’ and ‘Supermen’ myths: US intelligence on the imperial Japanese army after the fall of the Philippines, winter 1942 to spring 1943

Ford, D 2009, 'Dismantling the ‘Lesser Men’ and ‘Supermen’ myths: US intelligence on the imperial Japanese army after the fall of the Philippines, winter 1942 to spring 1943' , Intelligence and National Security, 24 (4) , pp. 542-573.

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Abstract

During the opening stages of the Pacific War, between December 1941 and spring 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army appeared unstoppable. US forces in the Philippines, despite their efforts, could not hold out against the enemy advance, and by April the last vestiges of their resistance at Bataan and Corregidor became untenable. The intelligence obtained during the initial encounters provided the US defense establishment with undeniable reasons to conclude that Japanese ground forces possessed a high level of tactical skill, and assessments of the Imperial Japanese Army tended to exaggerate the latter’s capabilities.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences > Centre for European Security
Journal or Publication Title:	Intelligence and National Security
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0268-4527
Depositing User:	Users 29196 not found.
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2011 16:41
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2022 13:46
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/19102

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