Author:
Barrett, David Dean, author.
Edition Statement:First Diversion books edition.
ImprintNew York, NY : Diversion Books, 2020.
Descriptionxii, 351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm
Note:Tokyo burn job -- A third prime minister in less than a year -- A new president gets up to speed -- Planning for the invasion of Japan -- Ketsu-Go, "The Decisive Operation" -- Potsdam Declaration, a missed opportunity -- The final countdown begins -- Hiroshima -- A shift of power, the first imperial intervention -- The second imperial intervention -- A failed coup d'Etat and surrender -- Epilogue: Traditionalists and revisionists.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index.
Note:On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes this war-room account from inside the cabinets of the United States and Japan leading to Armageddon on August 6, 1945. Here are the strategy sessions, fierce debates, looming assassinations, and planned invasions that resulted in history's first use of nuclear weapons in combat, and the ensuing chaotic days as Japan struggled to respond.
