Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan / Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
Material type: TextSeries: Killing of historical figuresPublisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781627790628
- 1627790624
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- Pacific Area -- History, Military -- 20th century
- Pacific Area -- History, Military -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Military -- World War II
- HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- HISTORY -- Military -- World War II
- World War (1939-1945)
- Military campaigns
- Japan
- Pacific Area
- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- Pacific Area -- Military history
- 1900-1999
- 940.54/260973 23
- D767 .O74 2016
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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BOOK | Harrison Memorial Library NONFICTION | Adult Nonfiction | 940.54 ORE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31624003810017 |
Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. This book takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan. Across the globe in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. In Washington, DC, Harry Truman ascends to the presidency after FDR dies in office, only to face the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who is considered a deity by his subjects, refuses to surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-303) and index.
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