By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the drive to victory would be achiev
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English Pages xxv, 615 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps Year 2008
Table of contents :
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.