LEADER 04006nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910808221903321 005 20221108074154.0 010 $a0-674-74404-7 010 $a0-674-03840-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674038400 035 $a(CKB)1000000000548105 035 $a(dli)HEB05249 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084720 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11357343 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084720 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10176252 035 $a(PQKB)10098785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300256 035 $a(DE-B1597)457646 035 $a(OCoLC)442778400 035 $a(OCoLC)979740047 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674038400 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300256 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314266 035 $a(OCoLC)923109341 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000005836429 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000548105 100 $a20041109d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRacing the enemy $eStalin, Truman, and the surrender of Japan /$fTsuyoshi Hasegawa 210 $aCambridge, MA $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 382 p. )$cmaps ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-02241-6 311 0 $a0-674-01693-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tMaps --$tNote on Transliteration and Spelling --$tintroduction: Race to the Finish --$tchapter 1. Triangular Relations and the Pacific War --$tchapter 2. Stalin, Truman, and Hirohito Face New Challenges --$tchapter 3. Decisions for War and Peace --$tchapter 4. Potsdam: The Turning Point --$tchapter 5. The Atomic Bombs and Soviet Entry into the War --$tchapter 6. Japan Accepts Unconditional Surrender --$tchapter 7. August Storm: The Soviet-Japanese War and the United States --$tconclusion. Assessing the Roads Not Taken --$tabbreviations. notes. acknowledgments. index --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aWith startling revelations, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa rewrites the standard history of the end of World War II in the Pacific. By fully integrating the three key actors in the story--the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan--Hasegawa for the first time puts the last months of the war into international perspective. From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Harry Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions against Japan, Hasegawa brings to light the real reasons Japan surrendered. From Washington to Moscow to Tokyo and back again, he shows us a high-stakes diplomatic game as Truman and Stalin sought to outmaneuver each other in forcing Japan's surrender; as Stalin dangled mediation offers to Japan while secretly preparing to fight in the Pacific; as Tokyo peace advocates desperately tried to stave off a war party determined to mount a last-ditch defense; and as the Americans struggled to balance their competing interests of ending the war with Japan and preventing the Soviets from expanding into the Pacific. Authoritative and engrossing, Racing the Enemy puts the final days of World War II into a whole new light. 410 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xArmistices 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zJapan 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zSoviet Union 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States 606 $aWorld politics$y1933-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xArmistices. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a940.532452 700 $aHasegawa$b Tsuyoshi$f1941-$0699079 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808221903321 996 $aRacing the enemy$91371039 997 $aUNINA