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Road to surrender, three men and the countdown to the end of World War II, Evan Thomas

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Includes bibliography (pages 311-331), notes (pages 334-411), index (pages 413-456)

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Road to surrender

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Evan Thomas

three men and the countdown to the end of World War II

In this riveting you-are-there account, the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific come vividly alive as bestselling author Evan Thomas takes us into the hearts and minds of the three men faced with a pivotal moment in history: America’s decision to use nuclear weapons and Japan’s decision to surrender. this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who found himself with the unimaginable tasks of determining whether, where, and how to deploy the bomb; Gen. Carl 'Tooey' Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who had to face down his deep qualms about destroying cities; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only member of Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed, even before the bombs were dropped, that Japan should surrender. Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Spaatz, and Togo as they contemplate the immense weight of their decisions. Immersive, surprising, moving, Road to Surrender lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history

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