Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45 /

Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hastings, Max
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan.
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
  • Fantasy in Tokyo
  • Reality at Hiroshima
  • Manchuria: the Bear's claws
  • The last act
  • Legacies.