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The Resource Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

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Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. This book takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan. Across the globe in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. In Washington, DC, Harry Truman ascends to the presidency after FDR dies in office, only to face the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who is considered a deity by his subjects, refuses to surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll
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Large print edition.
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513 pages (large print)
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9781410493545
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Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan
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Killing the rising sun
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how America vanquished World War II Japan
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Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
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How America vanquished World War II Japan
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eng
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Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. This book takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan. Across the globe in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. In Washington, DC, Harry Truman ascends to the presidency after FDR dies in office, only to face the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who is considered a deity by his subjects, refuses to surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll
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O'Reilly, Bill
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940.54/260973
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  • illustrations
  • maps
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no index present
LC call number
D767
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.O74 2016b
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non fiction
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Dugard, Martin
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  • Manhattan Project (U.S.)
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Military campaigns
  • Pacific Area
  • Japan
  • Pacific Area
  • United States
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Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
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ocn957056973
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23 cm
Edition
Large print edition.
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513 pages (large print)
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large print
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9781410493545
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2016036797
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  • (Sirsi) a1945563
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Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn957056973
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
513 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781410493545
Lccn
2016036797
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)957056973
  • (Sirsi) a1945563

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