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Title: Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire by Richard B. Frank ISBN: 0-14-100146-1 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best yet
Comment: Was Hiroshima necessary? What about Nagasaki? Would the invasion of Japan really have cost the lives of a million American soldiers, or were the Japanese eager to give up? And hey, what about those Russians?
People know amazingly little about the Pacific War, compared to the epic conflict between the white nations in Europe. Indeed, the first two weeks of August 1945 loom larger for the chattering classes than do the four years that preceded them--eight years if you date the war from the invasion of China proper--fourteen years if you consider that it started with Japan's annexation of Manchuria. I've been reading about the events of August 1945 for a decade, and I have to say that the analysis gets better as the years go by. Richard Frank's book is the best yet.
(The answers are yes, probably, no, no, and they didn't have much to do with the surrender.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Invasion or the atomic bomb
Comment: Reading DOWNFALL is a revelation. As one who boarded ship in Italy for Manila on the day the bomb was dropped this book holds a particular interest. It is a fascinating account of the final days of the war, the preparations for Olympic (the U.S. plan for the invasion of the Japanese homeland), and the counter measures the Japanese Army and Navy were taking for the defense of the homeland. The tally of figures for the expected casualties leaves no doubt in the reader's mind that the decision for the dropping of the atomic bomb was one that in the end saved tens of thousands of lives, many of them American. This is a thoroughly documented and readable book about a subject that has remained controversial since August of 1945. It should put to end any thought that an invasion of Japan would have been a simple or painless effort.
Rating: 5
Summary: Indispensable historical account
Comment: .
Downfall is an important book that contains an
indispensable historical account that has to be
read to gain an full understanding how the war
with Japan ended in 1945.
The book demonstrates the vital importance of
understanding the subtle interplay of international
communication and cooperation.
The book also addresses the dangers of extreme
nationalism and the dire hazards it can lead too.
This is a must read work of excellence.
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Title: Japan's Longest Day: The Pacific War Research Society by Pacific War Research Society, Kazutoshi Hando ISBN: 4770028873 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb by John Ray Skates ISBN: 1570033544 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Last Mission: The Secret History of World War II's Final Battle by JIM SMITH, MALCOLM MCCONNELL ISBN: 0767907787 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle by Richard B. Frank ISBN: 0140165614 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower ISBN: 0393320278 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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