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Retribution: the battle for Japan, 1944-45

By Max , Hastings

Book information

Publisher
Vintage;Alfred A. Knopf
Year
2008
ISBN
9780307268648, 0307268640, 9781299014879, 1299014879
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
9 MB (9079218 bytes)
Pages
xxv, 615 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: ill
Time added
2020-11-29 04:21:11
History;Nonfiction;War;World War II;Military;Milit

Description

By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the drive to victory would be achieved remained unclear. The ensuing drama—that ended in Japan's utter devastation—was acted out across the vast theater of Asia in massive clashes between army, air, and naval forces. In recounting these extraordinary events, Max Hastings draws incisive portraits of MacArthur, Mao, Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and other key figures of the war in the East. But he is equally adept in his portrayals of the ordinary soldiers and sailors caught in the bloodiest of campaigns. With its piercing and convincing analysis,Retributionis a brilliant telling of an epic conflict from a master military historian at the height of his powers. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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