Reconstructs the events leading up to the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
This book rewrites history, arguing that the real reason the Americans dropped the atomic bomb on Japan was to see off a surrender negotiated by the Russians and not, as was claimed, to save American lives.
A study of the American plans for invading Japan and the Japanese defense plans.
A study of the American plans for invading Japan and the Japanese defense plans. "In a riveting narrative that includes information from newly declassified documents, acclaimed historian Richard B. Frank gives a scrupulously detailed explanation of the critical months leading u…
A study of the American plans for invading Japan and the Japanese defense plans. "In a riveting narrative that includes information from newly declassified documents, acclaimed historian Richard B. Frank gives a scrupulously detailed explanation of the critical months leading u…
