The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb - Hardcover

Skates, John Ray

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0872499723 ISBN 13: 9780872499720

Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr, 1994

Synopsis

Argues that the 1945-1946 planned invasion of Japan would have been less costly than it is usually supposed, and that Japan might have surrendered if the terms of peace were less than unconditional

About this title

About the Author:

John Ray Skates is professor of history and past chair of the history department at the University of Southern Mississippi.

From Booklist:

The two-stage invasion of Japan planned for the fall of 1945 and the spring of 1946 has frequently been discussed only cursorily, usually as an adjunct to considering the debate over the dropping of the atomic bombs. Skates persuasively argues that Japanese military power was so nearly exhausted that the invasion would have been much less costly than has usually been supposed by those seeking to justify the bombs and that Japan might have surrendered without either bombs or invasion if the terms made available had been less than unconditional. He also offers a mass of hitherto unavailable data concerning what would have been one of the largest, most complex military operations in history. Roland Green

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0872499723
• ISBN 13: 9780872499720
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288