| Description |
xxiii, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [280]-347) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword: "three colonels" / by Stanley Weintraub -- The maximum "bloodletting and delay" -- Spinning the casualties -- The First Army and Kwantung redeployments -- The Pacific build-up and Berlin decision -- "Not a recipe for victory " -- The decision -- Japanese defense plans -- "Victory might be salvaged" -- The "manpower box" -- Mistakes and misperceptions -- What is defeat? -- The amphibious operation -- On the ground -- Unexamined factors -- A "target-rich environment" -- Half a million Purple Hearts -- "Punishment from heaven" -- Appendix A: G-2 estimate of enemy situation on Kyushu, U.S. Sixth Army, August 1, 1945 -- Appendix B: G-2 analysis of Japanese plans for the defense of Kyushu, U.S. Sixth Army, December 31, 1945 -- Appendix C: proclamation defining terms for Japanese surrender issued at Potsdam, July 26, 1945 (Potsdam Declaration) -- Appendix D: extract from a letter written by James Michener, October 20, 1995. |
| Subject |
Operation Downfall, 1945-1946.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
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| ISBN |
9781591143161 alkaline paper |
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1591143160 alkaline paper |
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