{"product_id":"9781511392686","title":"The Fall of Japan: The Final Weeks of World War II In the Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold from both Japanese and American perspectives, this thrilling account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific has been heralded by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"virtually faultless.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy midsummer 1945, Japan had long since lost the war in the Pacific. The people were not told the truth, and neither was the emperor. Japanese generals, admirals, and statesmen knew, but only a handful of leaders were willing to accept defeat. Most were bent on fighting the Allies until the last Japanese soldier died and the last city burned to the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhaustively researched and vividly told, \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e masterfully chronicles the dramatic events that brought an end to the Pacific War and forced a once-mighty military nation to surrender unconditionally. From the ferocious fighting on Okinawa to the all-but-impossible mission to drop the second atom bomb, and from Franklin D. Roosevelt's White House to the Tokyo bunker where tearful Japanese leaders first told the emperor the truth, William Craig captures the pivotal events of the war with spellbinding authority. \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life both celebrated and lesser-known historical figures, including Admiral Takijiro Onishi, the brash commander who drew up the Yamamoto plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor and inspired the death cult of kamikaze pilots. This astonishing account ranks alongside Cornelius Ryan's \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Day\u003c\/i\u003e and John Toland's \u003ci\u003eThe Rising Sun\u003c\/i\u003e as a masterpiece of World War II history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039172247792,"sku":"9781511392686","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781511392686_p0.jpg?v=1763723206","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781511392686","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}