Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
by Richard B. Frank
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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 up to the dropping of the atomic bomb. Frank explains how American leaders learned in the summer of 1945 that their alternate strategy to end the war by invasion had been shattered by the massive Japanese buildup on show more Kyushu. Meanwhile, intercepted diplomatic documents revealed the dismal prospects of negotiation. Here also, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of how Japan's leaders were willing to risk complete annihilation to preserve the nation's existing order. Frank's comprehensive account demolishes long-standing myths with the stark realities of this great historical controversy."-- show lessTags
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Great examination of the last months of WWII in the Pacific against Japan.
Persuasive argument that dropping the bomb on Japan was necessary.
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Richard B. Frank is an internationally acclaimed historian of the Asia-Pacific War, and the author of Guadalcanal and Downfall He is a member of the Board of Presidential Counselors of the National WWII Museum.
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- 1999
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