Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan

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Label

Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan

Title remainder

how America vanquished World War II Japan

Statement of responsibility

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Creator

• O'Reilly, Bill

Contributor

• Dugard, Martin

Author

• Dugard, Martin
• O'Reilly, Bill

Subject

• Pacific Area -- History, Military -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
• World War, 1939-1945 -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan. Across the globe in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. In Washington, DC, FDR dies in office and Harry Truman ascends to the presidency, only to face the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who is considered a deity by his subjects, refuses to surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.54/26

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography