Retribution the battle for Japan, 1944-45
By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the drive to victory would be achieved remained to be seen. The ensuing drama--that ended in Japan's utter devastation--was acted out across the vast stage of Asia. In recounting the saga of this time and place,...
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Vintage Books a division of Random House, Inc.
2009
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Table of Contents:
- Dilemmas and decisions
- Japan: defying gravity
- The British in Burma
- Titans at sea
- America's return to the Philippines
- "Flowers of death" : Leyte Gulf
- Ashore: battle for the mountains
- China: dragon by the tail
- MacArthur on Luzon
- Bloody miniature: Iwo Jima
- Blockade: war underwater
- Burning a nation: Lemay
- The road past Mandalay
- Australians: "Bludging" and "Mopping up"
- Captivity and slavery
- Okinawa
- Mao's war
- Eclipse of empires
- The bombs
- Fantasy in Tokyo
- Reality at Hiroshima
- Manchuria: the Bear's claws
- The last act
- Legacies