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| Item Call Number |
D 767.2 .F73 1999 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17744 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 0141001461
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 767.2
- Item number - .F73 1999
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - 940.54/25
- Edition number - 21
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Frank, Richard B.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Downfall :
- Remainder of title - the end of the Imperial Japanese Empire /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Richard B. Frank.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Penguin Books,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1999.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 484 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 25 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-459) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Tokyo burns : raid of March 9-10 -- Strategies old, strategies new -- From Zeppelins to B-29s -- LeMay takes command -- Fire and mud -- The "Fundamental Policy" -- Magic insights -- Downfall and olympic plans -- The invasion and the President -- Pummeling and strangling : bombardment and blockade, June to August -- Ketsu operation on Kyushu -- Kamikazes, civilians, and assessments -- The eclipse of Olympic -- Unconditional surrender and magic -- Magic and diplomacy with the Soviets -- Hiroshima -- Manchuria and Nagasaki -- The decisive day -- Surrender -- Assessing realities -- Alternatives and conclusions -- Maps: Japan and Operation Downfall : the invasion of Japan, November 1, 1945 - March 1, 1946 -- Plan for Operation Olympic and estimated Japanese dispositions as of May 1945 -- Plan for Operation Olympic and actual Japanese dispositions as of August 1945 -- August storm : Soviet offensive in Manchuria, August 1945
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Japan.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bombing, Aerial
- Geographic subdivision - Japan.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - B-29 (Bomber)
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Japan
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - 1926-1945.
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