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. United States ed

Publication Statements

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

Notes

Dilemmas and decisions -- Japan: defying gravity -- The British in Burma -- Titans at sea -- America's return to the Philippines -- Leyte Gulf: "Flowers of death"--Ashore: battle for the mountains -- China: dragon by the tail -- MacArthur on Luzon -- Bloody miniature: Iwo Jima -- Blockade: war underwater -- Lemay: burning a nation -- 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 Bears claws -- The last act -- Legacies.

The Physical Object

Description:XXV, 615 Seiten, [16] Blätter : : Illustrationen, Karten

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780307263513, 0307263517
oclc:ocn237198261

Subjects

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