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Author Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, 1941-

Title Racing the enemy : Stalin, Truman, and the surrender of Japan / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  940.532452 H271r 2006    ---  Available
Edition 1st Harvard University Press paperback ed.
Description ix, 382 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-362) and index.
Contents Triangular relations and the Pacific War -- Stalin, Truman and Hirohito face new challenges -- Decisions for war and peace -- Potsdam: the turning point -- The atomic bombs and Soviet entry into the war -- Japan accepts unconditional surrender -- August Storm: the Soviet-Japanese War and the United States -- Conclusion: Assessing the roads not taken.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Armistices.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
World politics -- 1933-1945.
ISBN 0674016939 (alk. paper)
9780674016934 (alk. paper)

 
    
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