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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, 1941-

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Armistices.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Japan.

World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.

World War, 1939-1945--United States.

World politics--1933-1945.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 382 p. ) maps ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Front matter

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674744042

0674744047

9780674038400

0674038401

OCLC:

442778400