The end of the Pacific war : reappraisals
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The end of the Pacific war : reappraisals
(Stanford nuclear age series)
Stanford University Press, 2007
- : cloth
Available at 36 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-319) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
- Introducing the interpretive problems of Japan's 1945 surrender: a historiographical essay on recent literature in the West / Barton J. Bernstein
- Ketsu gō: Japanese political and military strategy in 1945 / Richard B. Frank
- The atomic bomb and Soviet entry into the war : of equal importance / Sumio Hatano
- The atomic bombs and the Soviet invasion : which was more important in Japan's decision to surrender? / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
- Jockeying for position in the postwar world : Soviet entry into the war with Japan in August 1945 / David Holloway
- The Soviet factor in ending the Pacific War : from the neutrality pact to Soviet entry into the war in August 1945 / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
- Conclusion : the interpretive dialogue, 1989-2005, and various proposals for understanding the ending of the war and why and how Japan surrendered / Barton J. Bernstein
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Over sixty years after the end of the Pacific War, the United States and Japan have still not come to terms with the consequences; despite their postwar alliance, memories of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima-Nagasaki continue to remind that the decision to drop the bomb remains a contentious issue. While many Americans believe the bombing directly influenced Japan's decision to surrender, the bombing's impact on Japan's decision making, as well as the role of the Soviet Union, have yet to be fully explored. This book offers state-of-the-art reinterpretations of the reasons for Japan's decision to surrender: Which was the critical factor, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or the Soviet Union's entry into the war?
Writing from the perspective of three different nationalities and drawing on newly available documents from Japan, the United States, and the former Soviet Union, five distinguished historians review the evidence and the arguments-and agree to disagree. The contributors are Barton J. Bernstein, Richard Frank, Sumio Hatano, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, and David Holloway.
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