| The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals Contributor(s): Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804754276 ISBN-13: 9780804754279 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: This book offers state-of-the-art reinterpretations of the reasons for Japan's decision to surrender: Which was the critical factor, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or the Soviet Union's entry into the war? Writing from the perspective of three different nationalities and drawing on newly available documents from Japan, the United States, and the former Soviet Union, five distinguished historians review the evidence and the arguments-- and agree to disagree. The contributors are Barton J. Bernstein, Richard Frank, Sumio Hatano, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, and David Holloway. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.535 |
| LCCN: 2006028407 |
| Series: Stanford Nuclear Age (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.38" W x 9.07" (1.31 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: State-of-the-art reinterpretations of the reasons for Japan's decision to surrender, by distinguished historians of differing national perspectives and differing views. |