03861cam a2200553 a 4500 96734 20230410105212.0 070816r20082007nyuabf b 001 0 eng 2007034202 (OCoLC)ocn165479216 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER YDXCP JTE C#P BUR IXA CDX KEC SMP CQU CHVBK 9780307263513 0307263517 AU@ 000042110848 NZ1 11660199 NLGGC 310603730 CHVBK 005244404 GEBAY 10235523 (OCoLC)165479216 p------ a-ja--- D767 .H353 2008 940.54/25 22 Hastings, Max. Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45 / Max Hastings. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. xxv, 615 p., [32] p. of plates: ill, maps ; 24 cm. "Originally published in Great Britain as Nemesis: the battle for Japan, 1944-45 by HarperPress, ... London in 2007"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index. 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. Max Hastings provides in this book a chronicle of the horrific final year of the Pacific war. By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the victory would be achieved remained to be seen. Hastings gives us incisive portraits of the key figures--MacArthur, Nimitz, Mountbatten, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. But he is equally adept in his portrayals of the ordinary soldiers and sailors--American, British, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese--caught in some of the war's bloodiest campaigns. Hastings discusses Japan's war against China--now all but forgotten in the West, MacArthur's follies in the Philippines, the Marines at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and the Soviet blitzkrieg in Manchuria. He analyzes the decision-making process that led to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki--which, he convincingly argues, ultimately saved lives. Finally, he delves into the Japanese wartime mind-set, which caused an otherwise civilized society to carry out atrocities that haunt the nation to this day.--From publisher description. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area. World War, 1939-1945 Japan. Weltkrieg (1939-1945) swd Pazifikkrieg (1941-1945) swd Japan. swd Hastings, Max. Nemesis. Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007034202-b.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007034202-d.html Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007034202-s.html Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007034202-t.html Coutts Information Services COUT 6102322 Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0007354197 Baker & Taylor BKTY 35.00 26.25 0307263517 0007354197 active YBP Library Services YANK 2721849 lcc bk C0 DRFGD JP 32054 32054 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 3 0 D767 .H353 2008 00000089337 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk