Retribution: the battle for Japan, 1944-1945

by Hastings, Max

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Title Statements

Full title :Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-1945 / by Max Hastings.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.
Edition:1st U.S. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 615 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, map ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780307263513, 0307263517
oclc:ocn780000603
LC Classification:D767

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.

Subjects

Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Campagne… Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Japon Japan Military campaigns Pacific Area World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pa… World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan