Title
Racing the Enemy : Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.
ISBN
9780674038400
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (432 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674038400 doi
Call Number
D813.J3 -- H37 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.532452
Summary
With startling revelations, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa rewrites the standard history of the end of World War II in the Pacific. By fully integrating the three key actors in the story--the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan--Hasegawa for the first time puts the last months of the war into international perspective. From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Harry Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions against Japan, Hasegawa brings to light the real reasons Japan surrendered. From Washington to Moscow to Tokyo and back again, he shows us a high-stakes diplomatic game as Truman and Stalin sought to outmaneuver each other in forcing Japan's surrender; as Stalin dangled mediation offers to Japan while secretly preparing to fight in the Pacific; as Tokyo peace advocates desperately tried to stave off a war party determined to mount a last-ditch defense; and as the Americans struggled to balance their competing interests of ending the war with Japan and preventing the Soviets from expanding into the Pacific. Authoritative and engrossing, Racing the Enemy puts the final days of World War II into a whole new light.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021)
Frontmatter
Contents
Maps
Note on Transliteration and Spelling
introduction: Race to the Finish
chapter 1. Triangular Relations and the Pacific War
chapter 2. Stalin, Truman, and Hirohito Face New Challenges
chapter 3. Decisions for War and Peace
chapter 4. Potsdam: The Turning Point
chapter 5. The Atomic Bombs and Soviet Entry into the War
chapter 6. Japan Accepts Unconditional Surrender
chapter 7. August Storm: The Soviet-Japanese War and the United States
conclusion. Assessing the Roads Not Taken
abbreviations. notes. acknowledgments. index
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
