Racing the Enemy Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan

Name: Racing the Enemy Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan
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ISBN: 9780674022416

ISBN-10: 0674022416

ISBN-13: 9780674022416

Edition: 2005

Authors: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

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With startling revelations, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa rewrites the standard history of the end of World War II in the Pacific. By fully integrating the three key actors in the story--the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan--Hasegawa for the first time puts the last months of the war into international perspective. From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Harry Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions against Japan, Hasegawa brings to light the real reasons Japan surrendered. From Washington to Moscow to Tokyo and back again, he shows us a high-stakes diplomatic game as Truman and Stalin sought to outmaneuver each other in…

Book details

List price: $30.50
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.29" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Cold War Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.



Maps


Note on Transliteration and Spelling


Introduction: Race to the Finish



Triangular Relations and the Pacific War



Stalin, Truman, and Hirohito Face New Challenges



Decisions for War and Peace



Potsdam: The Turning Point



The Atomic Bombs and Soviet Entry into the War



Japan Accepts Unconditional Surrender



August Storm: The Soviet-Japanese War and the United States


Conclusion: Assessing the Roads Not Taken


Abbreviations


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index