Racing the Enemy : Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan.
Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi.
Racing the Enemy : Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (427 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Note on Transliteration and Spelling -- Introduction: Race to the Finish -- 1. Triangular Relations and the Pacific War -- 2. Stalin, Truman, and Hirohito Face New Challenges -- 3. Decisions for War and Peace -- 4. Potsdam: The Turning Point -- 5. The Atomic Bombs and Soviet Entry into the War -- 6. Japan Accepts Unconditional Surrender -- 7. August Storm: The Soviet-Japanese War and the United States -- Conclusion: Assessing the Roads Not Taken -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Hasegawa rewrites the history of the end of World War II in the Pacific by integrating the key actors in the story--the US, the USSR, and Japan. From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions against Japan, he reveals the real reasons Japan surrendered.
9780674038400
Electronic books.
D813
940.53/2452
Racing the Enemy : Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (427 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Note on Transliteration and Spelling -- Introduction: Race to the Finish -- 1. Triangular Relations and the Pacific War -- 2. Stalin, Truman, and Hirohito Face New Challenges -- 3. Decisions for War and Peace -- 4. Potsdam: The Turning Point -- 5. The Atomic Bombs and Soviet Entry into the War -- 6. Japan Accepts Unconditional Surrender -- 7. August Storm: The Soviet-Japanese War and the United States -- Conclusion: Assessing the Roads Not Taken -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Hasegawa rewrites the history of the end of World War II in the Pacific by integrating the key actors in the story--the US, the USSR, and Japan. From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions against Japan, he reveals the real reasons Japan surrendered.
9780674038400
Electronic books.
D813
940.53/2452