Rising Sun
Published on 7. December 2011
976 pages
978-1-78383-132-6 (ISBN)
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This magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning history, told primarily from the Japanese viewpoint, traces the dramatic fortunes of the Empire of the Sun from the invasion of Manchuria to the dropping of the atomic bombs, demolishing many myths surrounding this catastrophic conflict.Why did the dawn attack on Pearl Harbor occur? Was was inevitable? Was the Emperor a puppet or a warmonger? And, finally, what inspired the barbaric actions of those who fought, and who speak here of the unspeakable - murder, cannibalism and desertion? 'Unbelievably rich ... Readable and exciting' Newsweek'The most readable, yet informative account of the Pacific War' Chicago Sunday Times
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John Toland
Rising Sun
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Content
- Foreword
- Part One-The Roots of War
- 1 Gekokujo
- 2 To the Marco Polo Bridge
- 3 "Then the War Will Be a Desperate One
- Part Two-The Lowering Clouds
- 4 "Go Back to Blank Paper
- 5 The Fatal Note
- 6 Operation Z
- 7 "This War May Come Quicker Than Anyone Dreams
- Part Three-Banzai!
- 8 "I Shall Never Look Back
- 9 "The Formidable Years That Lie Before Us
- 10 "For a Wasted Hope and Sure Defeat
- 11 "To Show Them Mercy Is to Prolong the War
- 12 "But Not in Shame
- 13 The Tide Turns
- Part Four-Isle of Death
- 14 Operation Shoestring
- 15 Green Hell
- 16 "I Deserve Ten Thousand Deaths
- 17 The End
- Part Five-The Gathering Forces
- 18 Of Mice and Men
- 19 To the Marianas
- 20 "Seven Lives to Repay Our Country!
- Part Six-The Decisive Battle
- 21 "Let No Heart Be Faint
- 22 The Battle of Leyte Gulf
- 23 The Battle of Breakneck Ridge
- 24 Debacle
- Part Seven-Beyond the Bitter End
- 25 "Our Golden Opportunity
- 26 "Like Hell with the Fire Out
- 27 The Flowers of Edo
- 28 The Last Sortie
- 29 The Iron Typhoon
- 30 The Stragglers
- Part Eight-"One Hundred Million Die Together
- 31 In Quest of Peace
- 32 "That Was Not Any Decision That You Had To Worry About
- 33 Hiroshima
- 34 ... and Nagasaki
- 35 "To Bear the Unbearable
- 36 The Palace Revolt
- 37 The Voice of the Crane
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Sources
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Maps
- The Japanese Conquest of Luzon
- The Slot/Guadalcanal
- Saipan
- The Battle of Leyte Gulf
- The Battle of Leyte
- Iwo Jima
- Okinawa
