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Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45

Title

Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45 / Max Hastings.

Author

Hastings, Max

Publication

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

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Description

xxv, 615 p., [32] p. of plates: ill, maps; 24 cm.

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Note

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

Bibliography (note)

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

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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