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Downfall presents the untold story of how American leaders learned that their compromise strategy—blockade, bombardment, and eventual invasion—was shattered in the summer of 1945. Radio intelligence revealed a massive Japanese buildup on Kyushu, designed to turn the initial invasion into a bloody conflict. Diplomatic intercepts illustrate the bleak prospects for negotiation before the final clash of arms. This full and balanced account shows how Japan’s leaders gambled on a military strategy aimed at securing political bargaining leverage to preserve the old order, risking annihilation. The book replaces prevailing myths about the war’s end and the use of the bomb with stark historical facts and analysis.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: Richard B. Frank
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