Retribution :
Hastings, Max.
Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45 / Max Hastings. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, c2007. - xxv, 615 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780307263513
2007034202
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
D767 / .H353 2008
940.54/25
Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45 / Max Hastings. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, c2007. - xxv, 615 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780307263513
2007034202
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
D767 / .H353 2008
940.54/25