Thomas, Evan
Summary: "This suspenseful and propulsive account of the days leading up to the end of World War II, is told through the stories of three men: Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atomic bomb; Gen. Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in Europe and the Pacific, who was in charge of actually dropping the bombs; and Shigenori Tōgō, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 THOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 THOO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Portrays the events of World War II in 1944, when escalating Pacific battles between the forces of General MacArthur and the Japanese army lead to the development of humanity's deadliest weapon and President Truman's impossible choice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 OREMorrison, Wilbur H.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 1979
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5449 MORO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. This book takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 ORECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 ORECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 ORECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars O'ReillyDower, John W.
Summary: A profound look at American and Japanese perceptions - past and present - of key moments in their shared history. An incisive investigation of the problems of public history and its role in a modern democracy, these essays are essential reading for anyone interested in postwar U.S.-Japan relations, as well as the broader discipline of history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5352 DOWDavid, Saul
Summary: From the award-winning historian, Saul David, the riveting narrative of the heroic US troops, bonded by the brotherhood and sacrifice of war, who overcame enormous casualties to pull off the toughest invasion of WWII's Pacific Theater -- and the Japanese forces who fought with tragic desperation to stop them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5425 DAVO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.54 OREO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes listeners to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2016
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 ORESteinman, Louise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5425 STEWheeler, Keith.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORSpector, Ronald H.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1985
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 SPELee, Bruce.
Summary: The author shows the effects on decrypted Japanese diplomatic cyphers impacted Chief of Staff George C. Marshall and others in their prosecution of the war, from the division of Europe, to the bombing of Japan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1995
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 LEEAllen, Thomas B.
Summary: Based on newly declassified documents, personal interviews, and a decade of meticulous research, this book traces the progress of the Pacific War and reveals the top-secret details of the plans and preparations, on both the American and Japanese sides, for an invasion that would be far more complex - and costly in human lives - than the D-Day landings in France -- Publisher description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 ALLBrooks, Lester.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carpe Veritas Books 1995
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5314 BROHastings, Max.
Contents: Dilemmas and decisions -- Japan: defying gravity -- The British in Burma -- Titans at sea -- America's return to the Philippines -- "Flowers of death" : Leyte Gulf -- Ashore: battle for the mountains -- China: dragon by the tail -- MacArthur on Luzon -- Bloody miniature: Iwo Jima -- Blockade: war underwater -- Burning a nation: Lemay -- The road past Mandalay -- Australians: "Bludging" and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5425 HASHoyt, Edwin Palmer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1986
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 HOYMalloy, Sean L. (Sean Langdon)
Contents: Introduction : "Its use must weigh heavily on our minds and on our hearts" -- The education of Henry L. Stimson -- The road to Pearl Harbor -- "A most terrible thing" -- "The international situation" -- The ordeal of Henry L. Stimson -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki by way of Potsdam -- The last full measure -- "The full enumeration of the steps in the tragedy" -- Conclusion : "a grave and continuing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell University Press 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MALHoyt, Edwin Palmer.
Summary: This account of the Pacific arena from the Japanese perspective addresses two important aspects of World War II; why did the Japanes initiate the conflict and why was the United States unprepared to answer the aggression?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cooper Square Press 2001
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Bergamini, David
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1971
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952.04 BERToland, John.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1970
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5352 TOLWheeler, Keith.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1983
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORTime-Life Books
Summary: The story of Japan's preparation for war and its role in World War Ii until its surrender.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1980
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORSummary: Japanese Army March Into Nanking, fanfare, ceremony.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1938