Previous edition: 2009. Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-525) and index.
Contents:
Appendix D. Operation Blacklist, the occupation of Japan. (Potsdam Declaration) -- The maximum "bloodletting and delay" -- Spinning the casualties -- The First Army and Kwantung redeployments -- The Pacific buildup and Berlin decision -- "Not the recipe for victory" -- The decision -- Japanese defense plans -- "Victory might be salvaged" -- The "manpower box" -- Mistakes and misperceptions -- "To break Japan's spine" -- What is defeat? -- The amphibious operation -- On the ground -- Unexamined factors -- A "target-rich environment: -- The Hokkaido myth -- Half a million Purple Hearts -- "Punishment from heaven" -- Epilogue: Extract from a letter written by James Michener, October 20, 1995 -- Appendix A. G-2 estimates 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. Operation Blacklist, the occupation of Japan.
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