Retribution

Retribution: the battle for Japan, 1944-45

by Hastings, Max

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45 / Max Hastings

Edition Statements

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

Publication Statements

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

Notes

"Originally published in Great Britain as Nemesis: the battle for Japan, 1944-45 by HarperPress ... London in 2007"--T.p. verso

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

The Physical Object

  • Description:xxv, 615 s., [32] s. of plates : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780307263513, 0307263517
  • oclc:ocn476808453
  • LC Classification:D767
  • Dewey Decimal:940.54 25

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.

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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

Writers

Hastings, Max

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