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02849cam a22004574a 4500 001 BD01A126FBCF11DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 003 SILO 005 20100611030012 008 090706s2009 mduab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009027766 020 $a 1591143160 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9781591143161 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)251225000 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UKM $d C#P $d MOF $d FHP $d KAY $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D767.2 $b .G53 2009 082 00 $a 940.54/252 $2 22 100 1 $a Giangreco, D. M., $d 1952- 245 1 $a Hell to pay : $b Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 / $c D.M. Giangreco. 260 $a Annapolis, Md. : $b Naval Institute Press, $c c2009. 300 $a xxiii, 362 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 27 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Foreword: "three colonels" / by Stanley Weintraub -- The maximum "bloodletting and delay" -- Spinning the casualties -- The First Army and Kwantung redeployments -- The Pacific build-up and Berlin decision -- "Not a recipe for victory " -- The decision -- Japanese defense plans -- "Victory might be salvaged" -- The "manpower box" -- Mistakes and misperceptions -- What is defeat? -- The amphibious operation -- On the ground -- Unexamined factors -- A "target-rich environment" -- Half a million Purple Hearts -- "Punishment from heaven" -- Afterword -- Appendix A: G-2 estimate of enemy situation on Kyushu, U.S. Sixth Army, August 1, 1945 -- Appendix B: G-2 analysis of Japanese plans for the defense of Kyushu, U.S. Sixth Army, December 31, 1945 -- Appendix C: proclamation defining terms for Japanese surrender issued at Potsdam, July 26, 1945 (Potsdam Declaration) -- Appendix D: extract from a letter written by James Michener, October 20, 1995. 520 $a A comprehensive and compelling examination of the many complex issues that comprised the strategic plans for the American invasion of Japan, this groundbreaking history counters the revisionist interpretations that question President Truman's rationale for using the atom bomb. 650 0 $a Operation Downfall, 1945-1946. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Japan. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y World War, 1939-1945. 941 $a 11 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611011905.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305025940.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909021610.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722023637.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528044605.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006051954.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418073622.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161103031725.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150520011748.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20101207010823.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BD01A126FBCF11DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 994 $a 02 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search