Retribution
Subtitle: the battle for Japan, 1944-45
By: Max Hastings
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9780307263513
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945
Notes: "Originally published in Great Britain as Nemesis: the battle for Japan, 1944-45 by HarperPress, ... London in 2007"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dilemmas and decisions; title: Japan: defying gravity; title: The British in Burma; title: Titans at sea; title: America's return to the Philippines; title: "Flowers of death" : Leyte Gulf; title: Ashore: battle for the mountains; title: China: dragon by the tail; title: MacArthur on Luzon; title: Bloody miniature: Iwo Jima; title: Blockade: war underwater; title: Burning a nation: Lemay; title: The road past Mandalay; title: Australians: "Bludging" and "Mopping up"; title: Captivity and slavery; title: Okinawa; title: Mao's war; title: Eclipse of empires; title: The bombs; title: Fantasy in Tokyo; title: Reality at Hiroshima; title: Manchuria: the Bear's claws; title: The last act; title: Legacies.