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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Light tanning. Nice book in great condition. Softcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> This magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning history told primarily from T the Japanese viewpoint traces the dramatic fortunes of the Empire of the Sun from the invasion of Manchuria to the dropping of the atomic bombs demolishing many myths surrounding this catastrophic conflict. Why did the dawn attack on Pearl Harbor occur? Was war inevitable? Was the Emperor a puppet or a warmonger? And finally what inspired the barbaric actions of those who fought and who speak here of the unspeakable – murder cannibalism and desertion? “Unbelievably rich… Readable and exciting Newsweek The most readable yet informative account of the Pacific War Chicago Sunday Times John Toland is a world-famous historian whose books include: Battle: The Story of the Bulge Adolf Hitler Infamy Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath and No Man’s Land: The Last Year of the Great War. (LL)