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140 Days to Hiroshima: The Story of Japan's Last Chance to Avert Armageddon
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- Brand
- Diversion Books
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- ABIS_BOOK
- ISBN
- 9781635765816
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Publisher
Diversion Publishing Corp.
ISBN-10
1635765811
ISBN-13
9781635765816
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20038629579
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Book Title
140 Days to Hiroshima : the Story of Japan's Last Chance to Avert Armageddon
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / World War II, Asia / Japan, Modern / 20th Century
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History
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Hardcover
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19.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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" 140 Days to Hiroshima is a deeply researched and carefully nuanced narrative, especially powerful on U.S. and Japanese decision-making throughout 1945, culminating in Japan's surrender. David Dean Barrett shrewdly integrates essential military realities with the potent domestic cross currents affecting leaders on both sides of the Pacific. Highly recommended." -- Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire "Reading like a Tom Clancy thriller, David Dean Barrett's 140 Days to Hiroshima is a gripping, day-by-day account of the run-up to, and the aftermath of, one of the most cataclysmic and world-changing events of all time--the atomic bombing of two Japanese cities. With scrupulous attention to detail, Barrett lays bare the fateful decisions that were made by both sides--and the inside story of why the Japanese high command was so determined to plunge ahead toward defeat in a war they could not possibly win. 140 Days to Hiroshima is required for anyone seeking the truth behind history-altering events." -- Flint Whitlock, editor of WWII Quarterly magazine and co-author of The Depths of Courage: American Submariners at War with Japan "The interplay between the leaders of Japan and America during the conclusion of the Pacific War--when some leaders in Japan did their best to lead their country to surrender--is a narrative of human drama that still challenges minds around the world. David Dean Barrett's work is an important contribution to an in-depth understanding." -- Kazuhiko Togo, professor at Koyto Sangyo University; former Ambassador of Japan to the Netherlands; grandson of Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo "David Dean Barrett's 140 Days to Hiroshima offers a comprehensive and definitive account of the events and decision making that culminated in the American use of atomic weapons against Japan in August 1945. Barrett's meticulous and balanced review of the evidence makes it clear that the circumstances at the time justify Truman's decision to use atomic weapons. He convincingly demonstrates that the Japanese government was not prepared to surrender on terms acceptable to the United States and its allies prior to the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that President Truman and his top advisors understood this, and that Truman's sole objective in resorting to atomic weapons was to end the war as soon as possible and thereby save American lives. Barrett further demonstrates that there were estimates for American casualties in the projected invasion of Japan that exceeded 500,000 and that the use of atomic bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the key factor in bringing about Japan's surrender." -- Michael Kort, professor of social science at Boston University and author of The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb " 140 Days to Hiroshima provides close-in analyses of the discussions and decisions of both American and Japanese policymakers during the weeks before Hiroshima, utterly destroying the revisionist fictions that Japan would have surrendered months earlier if only they had been notified that they could retain their emperor, and that Truman dropped the bombs to awe the Soviets rather than to defeat an already-defeated Japan. It is an important book and a gripping read." -- Robert James Maddox, editor of Hiroshima in History, " 140 Days to Hiroshima is a deeply researched and carefully nuanced narrative, especially powerful on US and Japanese decision-making throughout 1945, culminating in Japan's surrender. David Dean Barrett shrewdly integrates essential military realities with the potent domestic cross currents affecting leaders on both sides of the Pacific." -- Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire "Reading like a Tom Clancy thriller, David Dean Barrett's 140 Days to Hiroshima is a gripping, day-by-day account of the run-up to, and the aftermath of, one of the most cataclysmic and world-changing events of all time--the atomic bombing of two Japanese cities. Here's the inside story of why the Japanese high command was so determined to plunge ahead toward defeat in a war they could not possibly win." -- Flint Whitlock, editor of WWII Quarterly magazine and co-author of The Depths of Courage: American Submariners at War with Japan "David Dean Barrett's detailing of the ruling militarists' iron grip on Japanese decision-making--even after two atomic bombs and the Soviet entry into the Pacific War--should finally put to rest any notion that the Japanese were trying to surrender. As 140 Days to Hiroshima clearly shows, it was the bomb that influenced the Emperor to make his historic interventions forcing his government to finally surrender. Yet even then, Japan's military almost derailed Hirohito's decree to end the war." --D. M. Giangreco, author of Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 " 140 Days to Hiroshima utterly destroys the revisionist fictions that Japan would have surrendered months earlier if only they had been notified that they could retain their emperor, and that Truman dropped the bombs to awe the Soviets rather than to defeat an already-defeated Japan. It is an important book and a gripping read." --Robert James Maddox, author of Weapons for Victory: The Hiroshima Decision, and editor of Hiroshima in History "David Dean Barrett's 140 Days to Hiroshima offers a comprehensive and definitive account of the events and decision making that culminated in the American use of atomic weapons against Japan in August 1945. Barrett's meticulous and balanced review of the evidence makes it clear that the circumstances at the time justify Truman's decision to use atomic weapons. He convincingly demonstrates that the Japanese government was not prepared to surrender on terms acceptable to the United States and its allies prior to the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that President Truman and his top advisors understood this, and that Truman's sole objective in resorting to atomic weapons was to end the war as soon as possible and thereby save American lives. Barrett further demonstrates that there were estimates for American casualties in the projected invasion of Japan that exceeded 500,000 and that the use of atomic bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the key factor in bringing about Japan's surrender." -- Michael Kort, professor of social science at Boston University and author of The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb "The interplay between the leaders of Japan and America during the conclusion of the Pacific War--when some leaders in Japan did their best to lead their country to surrender--is a narrative of human drama that still challenges minds around the world. David Dean Barrett's work is an important contribution to an in-depth understanding." -- Kazuhiko Togo, professor at Koyto Sangyo University; former Ambassador of Japan to the Netherlands; grandson of former Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, " 140 Days to Hiroshima is a deeply researched and carefully nuanced narrative, especially powerful on U.S. and Japanese decision-making throughout 1945, culminating in Japan's surrender. David Dean Barrett shrewdly integrates essential military realities with the potent domestic cross currents affecting leaders on both sides of the Pacific. Highly recommended." -- Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire "Reading like a Tom Clancy thriller, David Dean Barrett's 140 Days to Hiroshima is a gripping, day-by-day account of the run-up to, and the aftermath of, one of the most cataclysmic and world-changing events of all time--the atomic bombing of a Japanese city. With scrupulous attention to detail, Barrett lays bare the fateful decisions that were made by both sides--and the inside story of why the Japanese high command was so determined to plunge ahead toward defeat in a war they could not possibly win. 140 Days to Hiroshima is required for anyone seeking the truth behind history-altering events." -- Flint Whitlock, editor of WWII Quarterly magazine and co-author of The Depths of Courage: American Submariners at War with Japan "The interplay between the leaders of Japan and America during the conclusion of the Pacific War--when some leaders in Japan did their best to lead their country to surrender--is a narrative of human drama that still challenges minds around the world. David Dean Barrett's work is an important contribution to an in-depth understanding." -- Kazuhiko Togo, professor at Koyto Sangyo University; former Ambassador of Japan to the Netherlands; grandson of Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo "David Dean Barrett's 140 Days to Hiroshima offers a comprehensive and definitive account of the events and decision making that culminated in the American use of atomic weapons against Japan in August 1945. Barrett's meticulous and balanced review of the evidence makes it clear that the circumstances at the time justify Truman's decision to use atomic weapons. He convincingly demonstrates that the Japanese government was not prepared to surrender prior to the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that President Truman and his top advisors understood this, and that Truman's sole objective in resorting to atomic weapons was to end the war as soon as possible and thereby save American lives. Barrett further demonstrates that there were estimates for American casualties in the projected invasion of Japan that exceeded 500,000 and that the use of atomic bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the key factor in bringing about Japan's surrender." -- Michael Kort, professor of social science at Boston University and author of The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
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940.542521954
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On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes this heart-pounding account of the war-room drama inside the cabinets of the United States and Japan that led to Armageddon on August 6, 1945. Here are the secret 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 the Japanese government struggled to respond to the reality of nuclear war., Discover the heart-pounding war-room drama within the cabinets of the United States and Japan leading to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, then Nagasaki, and ultimately to Japan's surrender--the secret strategy sessions, fierce debates, looming assassinations, and planned invasions that resulted in Armageddon on August 6, 1945, and the nine chaotic days that followed as the Japanese government struggled to respond to the reality of nuclear war. During the closing months of World War II, as America's bombing campaign incinerated Japan's cities, two military giants locked in a death embrace of cultural differences and diplomatic intransigence. The leaders of the United States called for "unconditional surrender" of the Japanese Empire while developing history's deadliest weapon and weighing an invasion that would have dwarfed D-Day. Their enemy responded with a last-ditch plan termed Ketsu-Go, which called for the suicidal resistance of every able-bodied man and woman in "The Decisive Battle" for the homeland. But had Emperor Hirohito's war room miscalculated how far the Americans had come in developing the atomic bomb? How close did President Truman come to ordering the invasion of Japan? Within the Japanese Supreme Council at the Direction of War, aka "The Big Six," Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo risked assassination in his crusade to convince his dysfunctional government, dominated by militarist fanatics, to save his country from annihilation. Despite Allied warnings of Japan's "prompt and utter destruction" and that the Allies would "brook no delay," the Big Six remained defiant. They refused to surrender even after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. How did Japanese leaders come to this impasse? The answers lie in this nearly day-by-day account of the struggle to end the most destructive conflict in history., On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes this heart-pounding account of the war-room drama inside the cabinets of the United States and Japan that led to Armageddon on August 6, 1945. Here are the secret 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 the Japanese government struggled to respond to the reality of nuclear war. During the closing months of World War II, as America's strategic bombing campaign incinerated Japan's cities, two military giants locked in a death embrace of cultural differences and diplomatic intransigence. The leaders of the United States called for the "unconditional surrender" of the Japanese Empire while developing history's deadliest weapon and weighing an invasion, Downfall, that would have dwarfed D-Day. Their enemy responded with a last-ditch plan termed Ketsu-Go , which called for the suicidal resistance of every able-bodied man and woman in "The Decisive Battle" for the homeland. But had Emperor Hirohito's generals miscalculated how far the Americans had come in developing the atomic bomb? How close did President Harry Truman come to ordering the invasion of Japan? Within the Japanese Supreme Council at the Direction of War, a.k.a. "The Big Six," Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo risked assassination in his crusade to convince his dysfunctional government, dominated by militarist fanatics, to save his country from annihilation. Despite Allied warnings of Japan's "prompt and utter destruction" and that the Allies would "brook no delay," the Big Six remained defiant. They refused to surrender even after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. How did Japanese leaders come to this impasse? The answers lie in this nearly day-by-day account of the struggle to end the most destructive conflict in history., The heart-pounding war-room drama within the military cabinets of the United States and Japan leading to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima-the strategy sessions, fierce debates, suicidal arrogance, looming assassination, abandoned plans, and sheer desperation that resulted in Armageddon on August 6, 1945 Historian David Dean Barrett puts readers inside the halls of power in Washington and Tokyo during the desperate final months of World War II. America's strategic bombing campaign systematically incinerated Japan's cities while the leaders of the Pacific's two military giants waged a war of strategy, cultural differences, and diplomatic intransigence. The military brain trust of the United States called for "unconditional surrender." Japan's senior leaders responded with a plan of all-out military and civilian resistance termed Ketsu-Go, or "The Decisive Battle." What Emperor Hirohito and his Supreme Council at the Direction of War seemed unable to grasp was the Americans' development of a catastrophic ace-in-the-hole. As US leaders weighed a two-phase invasion of the Japanese mainland that would have been twice as large as D-Day and astronomical in casualty count, a nuclear clock was ticking-America was arming itself with the ultimate weapon. Within the war-room debates, two men-one Japanese, Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo; and one American, President Harry S. Truman-assumed leading roles. Togo risked assassination in his struggle to convince his dysfunctional government, dominated by militarists and determined to fight the decisive battle on Japanese soil, to save his country from annihilation. In Washington, an untested President Truman inherited the mandate of unconditional surrender, the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War, the plans for the invasion of the Japanese Homeland, and the development of the most terrible weapon the world has ever seen. Even when Japan's "Big Six" heard from the US that failing to surrender under America's terms would result in "a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth," why did they not lay down their arms? The answer lies in 140 Days to Hiroshima and the book's nearly day-by-day account of the struggle to terminate a conflict when the positions of enemy leaders from different cultures seemed intractable.
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