Allies against the rising sun : the United States, the British nations, and the defeat of imperial Japan /
This book depicts one of the most detailed assessments ever published of the U.S. alliance with Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada against the war with Japan in the Pacific. The author examines Britain's motivations for participating in the invasion of Japan, the roles envisioned...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lawrence :
University Press of Kansas,
©2009.
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Colección: | Modern war studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Truman's funeral
- ABC comes to Whitehall
- Churchill versus the chiefs
- The king's men in the loyal dominions
- A gathering of prime ministers
- The road to Quebec
- Codename: Ocatagon
- Canada
- Rain of fire
- Okinawa: sea battle
- The forgotten fleet at Okinawa
- Okinawa: land battle
- In the wake of ICEBERG
- MacArthur and Mountbatten
- The British Pacific fleet visits Japan
- Codename: TERMINAL
- Australia and New Zealand
- Let this day be done
- Conclusion: only the dead
- Epilogue: in the still of peace.