Retribution: the battle for Japan, 1944-45

Max Hastings

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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
Manchuria: the bear's claws
The last act
Legacies.
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Author/Creator:: Hastings, Max
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: Retribution: the battle for Japan, 1944-45 [by Hastings, M.]
Related Works:: Nemesis [by Hastings, M.]
Subjects:: World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945 — Japan
World War (1939-1945)
1939-1945
Military campaigns
Japan
Pacific Area
General Notes:: "Originally published in Great Britain as Nemesis: the battle for Japan, 1944-45 by HarperPress, ... London in 2007"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index.
Physical Description:: xxv, 615 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Numbers:: D767 .H353 2008
ISBNs:: 9780307263513
0307263517
Library of Congress Control Numbers:: 2007034202
OCLC Numbers:: 165479216