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The fall of Japan.
Format:
Book
Title:
The fall of Japan.
Publication Information:
New York, Dial Press, 1967.
Physical Description:
xiv, 368 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 24 cm
Contents:
The tactics of despair -- Meetinghouse -- The diplomacy of defeat -- The project -- The little boy -- The genie -- The air-raid shelter -- Reaction in Washington -- August 11, the conspiracy begins -- August 12, day of crisis -- The mounting peril -- August 14, the final word -- The rebellion -- Peace on earth -- The emperor speaks -- Delayed reactions -- An order from MacArthur -- Violent interlude -- Lazarus -- The enemy lands -- "These proceedings are closed" -- The last recourse.
Summary:
Account of the final weeks of war in the Pacific. Reconstructed from interviews with key figures here and in Japan, from unpublished diaries and memoirs, and from official documents.
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