TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hastings,Max
AU  - Hastings,Max
TI  - Retribution: the battle for Japan, 1944-45 
SN  - 9780307263513
AV  - D767 .H353 2008
U1  - 940.54/25 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Pacific Area
KW  - Japan
N1  - "Originally published in Great Britain as Nemesis: the battle for Japan, 1944-45 by HarperPress, ... London in 2007"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index; 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
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