The Resource Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45, Max Hastings
Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45, Max Hastings
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The item Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45, Max Hastings represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
- Summary
- A chronicle of the final year in the Pacific war offers portraits of key figures in the efforts to defeat Japan and discusses such topics as the road to Allied victory, Japan's war against China, and the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xxv, 615 p.
- Note
- Originally published under title: Nemesis. London : HarperPress, 2007
- 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
- Manchuria: the bear's claws
- The last act
- Legacies
- Isbn
- 9780307263513
- Label
- Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45
- Title
- Retribution
- Title remainder
- the battle for Japan, 1944-45
- Statement of responsibility
- Max Hastings
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A chronicle of the final year in the Pacific war offers portraits of key figures in the efforts to defeat Japan and discusses such topics as the road to Allied victory, Japan's war against China, and the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hastings, Max
- Dewey number
- 940.54/25
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Label
- Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45, Max Hastings
- Note
- Originally published under title: Nemesis. London : HarperPress, 2007
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index
- 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 -- Manchuria: the bear's claws -- The last act -- Legacies
- Control code
- BK0007354197
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xxv, 615 p.
- Isbn
- 9780307263513
- Lccn
- 2007034202
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- Label
- Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45, Max Hastings
- Note
- Originally published under title: Nemesis. London : HarperPress, 2007
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index
- 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 -- Manchuria: the bear's claws -- The last act -- Legacies
- Control code
- BK0007354197
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xxv, 615 p.
- Isbn
- 9780307263513
- Lccn
- 2007034202
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
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