The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

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This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, “a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened—muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox.”

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Overview

This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, “a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened—muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox.”

In weaving together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland crafts a riveting and unbiased narrative history. In his Foreword, Toland says that if we are to draw any conclusion from The Rising Sun, it is “that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history.”

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780812968583
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 5/27/2003
  • Series: Modern Library War Series
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 976
  • Sales rank: 160,418
  • Product dimensions: 6.05 (w) x 9.18 (h) x 1.40 (d)

Meet the Author

John Toland was one of the most widely read military historians of the twentieth century. His many books include The Last 100 Days; Ships in the Sky; Battle: The Story of the Bulge; But Not in Shame; Adolf Hitler; and No Man’s Land. Originally from Wisconsin, he lived in Connecticut for many years with his wife.
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Pt. 1 The Roots of War
1 Gekokujo 3
2 To the Marco Polo Bridge 34
3 "Then the War Will Be a Desperate One" 54
Pt. 2 The Lowering Clouds
4 "Go Back to Blank Paper" 89
5 The Fatal Note 121
6 Operation Z 149
7 "This War May Come Quicker Than Anyone Dreams" 173
Pt. 3 Banzai!
8 "I Shall Never Look Back" 211
9 "The Formidable Years That Lie Before Us" 237
10 "For a Wasted Hope and Sure Defeat" 258
11 "To Show Them Mercy Is to Prolong the War" 285
12 "But Not in Shame" 302
13 The Tide Turns 321
Pt. 4 Isle of Death
14 Operation Shoestring 345
15 Green Hell 364
16 "I Deserve Ten Thousand Deaths" 389
17 The End 412
Pt. 5 The Gathering Forces
18 Of Mice and Men 435
19 To the Marianas 467
20 "Seven Lives to Repay Our Country!" 498
Pt. 6 The Decisive Battle
21 "Let No Heart Be Faint" 523
22 The Battle of Leyte Gulf 546
23 The Battle of Breakneck Ridge 573
24 Debacle 594
Pt. 7 Beyond the Bitter End
25 "Our Golden Opportunity" 611
26 "Like Hell with the Fire Out" 639
27 The Flowers of Edo 670
28 The Last Sortie 682
29 The Iron Typhoon 704
30 The Stragglers 727
Pt 8 "One Hundred Million Die Together"
31 In Quest of Peace 741
32 "That Was Not Any Decision That You Had To Worry About" 760
33 Hiroshima 779
34 ... and Nagasaki 793
35 "To Bear the Unbearable" 810
36 The Palace Revolt 829
37 The Voice of the Crane 851
Epilogue 871
Acknowledgments 879
Sources 883
Notes 905
Index 931
Map: The War in the Pacific
Map: The Japanese Conquest of Luzon 261
Map: The Slot/Guadalcanal 369
Map: Saipan 491
Map: The Battle of Leyte Gulf 549
Map: The Battle for Leyte 579
Map: Iwo Jima 645
Map: Okinawa 707
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