Racing the enemy
Subtitle: Stalin, Truman, and the surrender of Japan
By: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780674016934
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-362) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Race to the finish; title: Triangular relations and the Pacific War; title: Stalin, Truman and Hirohito face new challenges; title: Decisions for war and peace; title: Potsdam: the turning point; title: The atomic bombs and Soviet entry into the war; title: Japan accepts unconditional surrender; title: August storm : the Soviet-Japanese War and the United States; title: Conclusion : Assessing the roads not taken