Racing the enemy : Stalin, Truman, and the surrender of Japan /
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Cambridge, MA :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
c2005.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.