Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45
Book |
1st U.S. ed. |
Alfred A. Knopf,
New York :
2008.
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About
Details
- ISBN: 0307263517
- ISBN: 9780307263513
- Physical Description: xxv, 615 p., [32] p. of plates: ill, maps ; 24 cm.print
- Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
- General Note: "Originally published in Great Britain as Nemesis: the battle for Japan, 1944-45 by HarperPress, ... London in 2007"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: 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.