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

Collection type	Library
Author	Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, 1941-;
Call Number	940.532452 H346r
Document type	Monograph
Year	2005.
Pagination	ix, 382 p. maps., ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Harvard University Press,
Note	Includes bibliographical references and index. "In the first international history of the end of World War II in the Pacific - the only book to fully integrate the roles of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan - Tsuyoshi Hasegawa traces an intricate diplomatic and military end game as he shatters standard accounts of the Japanese surrender."--BOOK JACKET.
Place made	Cambridge, Mass.

Abstract

Introduction : race to the finish -- 1. Triangular relations and the Pacific war -- 2. Stalin, Truman, and Hirohito face new challenges -- 3. Decisions for War and Peace -- 4. Potsdam : the turning point -- 5. The atomic bombs and Soviet entry into the wa r -- 6. Japan accepts unconditional surrender -- 7. August Storm : the Soviet-Japanese War and the United States -- Conclusion : assessing the roads not taken.