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140 days to Hiroshima, the story of Japan's last chance to avert armageddon, David Dean Barrett

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140 days to Hiroshima, the story of Japan's last chance to avert armageddon, David Dean Barrett

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

140 days to Hiroshima

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

David Dean Barrett

Sub title

the story of Japan's last chance to avert armageddon

Summary

On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes this war-room account from inside the cabinets of the United States and Japan leading to Armageddon on August 6, 1945. Here are the 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 Japan struggled to respond to the reality of nuclear war

Table Of Contents

Tokyo burn job -- A third prime minister in less than a year -- A new president gets up to speed -- Planning for the invasion of Japan -- Ketsu-Go, "The Decisive Operation" -- Potsdam Declaration, a missed opportunity -- The final countdown begins -- Hiroshima -- A shift of power, the first imperial intervention -- The second imperial intervention -- A failed coup d'aetat and surrender -- Epilogue: traditionalists and revisionists -- Map of o9peration downfall, the proposed invasion of Japan -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index -- About the author

Target audience

adult

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