Allies against the rising sun:the United States, the British nations, and the defeat of imperial Japan
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Published: |
University Press of Kansas,
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Publisher Address: | Lawrence |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Modern war studies |
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Carrier Form: | xxi, 458 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780700616695 (cloth : alk. paper) 0700616691 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | K152 |
CLC: | K152 |
Call Number: | K152/S243 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-444) and index. Introduction: Truman's funeral -- ABC comes to Whitehall -- Churchill versus the chiefs -- The king's men in the loyal dominions -- A gathering of prime ministers -- The road to Quebec -- Codename: Ocatagon -- Canada -- Rain of fire -- Okinawa: sea battle -- The forgotten fleet at Okinawa -- Okinawa: land battle -- In the wake of ICEBERG -- MacArthur and Mountbatten -- The British Pacific fleet visits Japan -- Codename: TERMINAL -- Australia and New Zealand -- Let this day be done -- Conclusion: only the dead -- Epilogue: in the still of peace. |