The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb
The two-stage invasion of Japan planned for the fall of 1945 and the spring of 1946 has frequently been discussed only cursorily, usually as an adjunct to considering the debate over the dropping of the atomic bombs. Skates persuasively argues that Japanese military power was so nearly exhausted that the invasion would have been much less costly than has usually been supposed by those seeking to justify the bombs and that Japan might have surrendered without either bombs or invasion if the terms made available had been less than unconditional. He also offers a mass of hitherto unavailable data concerning what would have been one of the largest, most complex military operations in history.Roland Green--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.