Racing the enemy : Stalin, Truman, and the surrender of Japan /

Main Author: Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2005.
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245 1 |a Racing the enemy :  |b Stalin, Truman, and the surrender of Japan /  |c Tsuyoshi Hasegawa. 
260 1 |a Cambridge, MA :  |b Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,  |c c2005. 
300 1 |a ix, 382 p., [32] p. of plates :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-362) and index. 
505 1 |a Introduction : race to the finish -- 1. Triangular relations and the Pacific War -- 2. Stalin, Truman and Hirohito face new challenges -- 3. Decisions for war and peace -- 4. Potsdam : the turning point -- 5. The atomic bombs and Soviet entry into the war -- 6. Japan accepts unconditional surrender -- 7. August Storm : the Soviet-Japanese War and the United States -- Conclusion : assessing the roads not taken. 
650 1 |a World War, 1939-1945  |x Armistices 
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650 1 |a World War, 1939-1945  |z Soviet Union. 
650 1 |a World War, 1939-1945  |z United States. 
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