Bibliograph

Retribution, the battle for Japan, 1944-45, Max Hastings

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Retribution, the battle for Japan, 1944-45, Max Hastings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Retribution

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Max Hastings

Sub title

the battle for Japan, 1944-45

Summary

A chronicle of the final year in the Pacific war offers portraits of key figures in the efforts to defeat Japan and discusses such topics as the road to Allied victory, Japan's war against China, and the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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 -- Manchuria: the bear's claws -- The last act -- Legacies

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