Racing the Enemy : : Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan /

Racing the Enemy : : Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan / / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.

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With startling revelations, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa rewrites the standard history of the end of World War II in the Pacific. By fully integrating the three key actors in the story--the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan--Hasegawa for the first time puts the last months of the war into internationa...

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Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2006
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Note on Transliteration and Spelling
  • introduction: Race to the Finish
  • chapter 1. Triangular Relations and the Pacific War
  • chapter 2. Stalin, Truman, and Hirohito Face New Challenges
  • chapter 3. Decisions for War and Peace
  • chapter 4. Potsdam: The Turning Point
  • chapter 5. The Atomic Bombs and Soviet Entry into the War
  • chapter 6. Japan Accepts Unconditional Surrender
  • chapter 7. August Storm: The Soviet-Japanese War and the United States
  • conclusion. Assessing the Roads Not Taken
  • abbreviations. notes. acknowledgments. index
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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