Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire

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Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire By Richard B. Frank Penguin (Non-Classics) Paperback (496 pages) List Price: $19.00* Lowest New Price: $3.51* Lowest Used Price: $3.97* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 08:37 Pacific 9 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780141001463 Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description: In a riveting narrative that includes information from newly declassified documents, acclaimed historian Richard B. Frank gives a scrupulously detailed explanation of the critical months leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb. Frank explains how American leaders learned in the summer of 1945 that their alternate strategy to end the war by invasion had been shattered by the massive Japanese buildup on Kyushu, and that intercepted diplomatic documents also revealed the dismal prospects of negotiation. Here also, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of how Japan's leaders were willing to risk complete annihilation to preserve the nation's existing order. Frank's comprehensive account demolishes long-standing myths with the stark realities of this great historical controversy.