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The end of the Pacific war : reappraisals

Author: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Series: Stanford nuclear age series
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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State-of-the-art reinterpretations of the reasons for Japan's decision to surrender, by distinguished historians of differing national perspectives and differing views.

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
ISBN: 9780804754279 0804754276
OCLC Number: 760646285
Description: xvi, 331 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa --
Introducing the interpretive problems of Japan's 1945 surrender: a historiographical essay on recent literature in the West / Barton J. Bernstein --
Ketsu go: Japanese political and military strategy in 1945 / Richard B. Frank --
The atomic bomb and Soviet entry into the war: of equal importance / Sumio Hatano --
The atomic bomb and the Soviet invasion: which was more important in Japan's decision to surrender? / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa --
Jockeying for position in the postwar world: Soviet entry into the war with Japan in August 1945 / David Holloway --
The Soviet factor in ending the Pacific War: from the neutrality pact to Soviet entry into the war in august 1945 / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa --
Conclusion: the interpretive dialogue,1989-2005, and various proposals for understanding the ending of the war and why and how Japan surrendered / Barton J. Bernstein.
Series Title: Stanford nuclear age series
Responsibility: edited by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.
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"In this excellent collection, authors from the United States and Japan recalculate various aspects of the ongoing debate about the ways in which policy decisions by Japan, the United States, and the Read more...

 
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