Hastings, Max. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> "Originally published in Great Britain as Nemesis: the battle for Japan, 1944-45 by HarperPress, ... London in 2007"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307263513 0307263517 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007034202 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D767  / .H353 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.54/25