Rising Sun The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

Name: Rising Sun The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
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ISBN: 9780812968583

ISBN-10: 0812968581

ISBN-13: 9780812968583

Edition: 2003

Authors: John Toland, John Toland

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A monumental history of Japan, documenting that nations imperial rise and fall, from the invasion of Manchuria to the dropping of the atomic bombs. In weaving together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland crafts a riveting and unbiased narrative history. In his Foreword, Toland says that if we are to draw any conclusion from The Rising Sun, it is that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/27/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 976
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English



Foreword



The Roots of War



Gekokujo



To the Marco Polo Bridge



"Then the War Will Be a Desperate One"



The Lowering Clouds



"Go Back to Blank Paper"



The Fatal Note



Operation Z



"This War May Come Quicker Than Anyone Dreams"



Banzai!



"I Shall Never Look Back"



"The Formidable Years That Lie Before Us"



"For a Wasted Hope and Sure Defeat"



"To Show Them Mercy Is to Prolong the War"



"But Not in Shame"



The Tide Turns



Isle of Death



Operation Shoestring



Green Hell



"I Deserve Ten Thousand Deaths"



The End



The Gathering Forces



Of Mice and Men



To the Marianas



"Seven Lives to Repay Our Country!"



The Decisive Battle



"Let No Heart Be Faint"



The Battle of Leyte Gulf



The Battle of Breakneck Ridge



Debacle



Beyond the Bitter End



"Our Golden Opportunity"



"Like Hell with the Fire Out"



The Flowers of Edo



The Last Sortie



The Iron Typhoon



The Stragglers



"One Hundred Million Die Together"



In Quest of Peace



"That Was Not Any Decision That You Had To Worry About"



Hiroshima



... and Nagasaki



"To Bear the Unbearable"



The Palace Revolt



The Voice of the Crane


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Sources


Notes


Index


Map: The War in the Pacific


Map: The Japanese Conquest of Luzon


Map: The Slot/Guadalcanal


Map: Saipan


Map: The Battle of Leyte Gulf


Map: The Battle for Leyte


Map: Iwo Jima


Map: Okinawa