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Name: Racing the enemy
Author: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

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. - Jacket flap.

First publish date: 2005

Authors: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

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