Road to surrender : three men and the countdown to the end of World War II
Record details
- ISBN: 0399589252
- ISBN: 9780399589256
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Physical Description:
xvii, 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The Dilemma -- Part One. Sleepless -- "The terrible, 'the awful,' 'the diabolical'" -- Target practice -- 'May[be] Frankenstein or means for World Peace' -- The stomach art -- "There are no civilians in Japan" -- The patient progresses -- "You judge it; I can't" -- Prompt and utter -- "Shall the worst occur" -- A bucket of tar -- "What the hell, let's take chance" -- Part Two. Terrible responsibility -- "I had a rather sharp little attack" -- Denial -- "Fire every damn flare in the airplane!" -- Sacred decision -- "There is life in death" -- Gambits -- "The superforts are not flying today" -- Plots -- "What are you thinking of?" -- Is Tokyo next? -- "This man is tottering" -- To bear the unbearable -- "Like a mid-summer's night dream" -- No high ground -- "The only way you can make a man trustworthy" -- Epilogue: Reckonings. |
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