America Attacks Japan: The Invasion That Never Was

Maga, Tim

ISBN 10: 0813122481 / ISBN 13: 9780813122489

Edité par University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2002

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8vo, 194 pp.

N° de réf. du vendeur 104011

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: America Attacks Japan: The Invasion That Never Was
• Éditeur: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0813122481
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780813122489
• Reliure: hardcover
• Édition: 1st.
• État de l'article: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • American History

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Synopsis

In 1945, the United States and its allies planned the greatest invasion in world history. This work examines what might have happened had that invasion taken place, as well as the lingering controversies over the decision that made all those plans obsolete. It is a story of millions of human lives - those that would fight and that the US military divisions declared expendable, the survivors who wanted to build a new, peaceful Japan and those that were in favour of national suicide. Using extensive original research and interviews, the author shows that history can be influenced by what almost happened as much as by what actually happened. For the Americans, the invasion planning was always linked to concerns about occupation. For the Japanese, the last great defense of the homeland was linked to disagreements over Japan's future.

À propos de l?auteur

Tim Maga, Oglesby Professor of American Heritage at Bradley University and a former coordinator in the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, is the author of several books, including Judgment at Tokyo: The Japanese War Crimes Trials.