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100 1 $aFrank, Richard B.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90613257
245 10 $aDownfall :$bthe end of the Imperial Japanese empire /$cRichard B. Frank.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c[1999], ©1999.
300 $axix, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 447-459) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tTokyo Burns: Raid of March 9-10 --$g2.$tStrategies Old, Strategies New --$g3.$tFrom Zeppelins to B-29s --$g4.$tLeMay Takes Command --$g5.$tFire and Mud --$g6.$tThe "Fundamental Policy" --$g7.$tMagic Insights --$g8.$tDownfall and Olympic Plans --$g9.$tThe Invasion and the President --$g10.$tPummeling and Strangling: Bombardment and Blockade, June to August --$g11.$tKetsu Operation on Kyushu --$g12.$tKamikazes, Civilians, and Assessments --$g13.$tThe Eclipse of Olympic --$g14.$tUnconditional Surrender and Magic --$g15.$tMagic and Diplomacy with the Soviets --$g16.$tHiroshima --$g17.$tManchuria and Nagasaki --$g18.$tThe Decisive Day --$g19.$tSurrender --$g20.$tAssessing Realities --$g21.$tAlternatives and Conclusions.
520 1 $a"These pages present the untold story of how American leaders learned in the summer of 1945 that their compromise strategy to end the war by blockade and bombardment, followed by invasion, had been shattered; radio intelligence had unmasked a massive Japanese buildup on Kyushu designed to turn the initial invasion into a bloody shambles. Meanwhile, the text and analysis of diplomatic intercepts depicted sterile prospects for negotiation before a final clash of arms.
520 8 $aHere also, for the first time, is a full and balanced account of how Japan's leaders risked annihilation by gambling on a military strategy aimed at securing political bargaining leverage to preserve the old order in Japan."--BOOK JACKET. "Downfall replaces the myths that now surround the end of the war and the use of the bomb with the stark realities of this great historical controversy."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zJapan.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148328
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113567
651 0 $aJapan$xHistory$yBombardment, 1944-1945.
651 0 $aJapan$xHistory$y1926-1945.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069503
650 0 $aB-29 (Bomber)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85010699
852 00 $beal$hD767.2$i.F73 1999
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