{"product_id":"hell-to-pay-operation-downfall-and-the-invasion-of-japan-1945-1947-9781682476437","title":"Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan 1945-1947","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis work is a must-read for those interested in U.S. and Japanese military and political historiography and strategy in the final year of World War II and the critical factors contributing to war termination in the Pacific. --\u003ci\u003eNaval War College Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHell to Pay\u003c\/i\u003e examines the invasion of Japan in light of the large body of Japanese and American operational and tactical planning documents the author unearthed in familiar and obscure archives. It includes postwar interrogations and reports that senior Japanese commanders and their staffs were ordered to produce for General MacArthur's headquarters. This groundbreaking history counters the revisionist interpretations questioning the rationale for the use of the atomic bomb and shows that President Truman's decision was based on real estimates of the enormous human cost of a conventional invasion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis revised edition of \u003ci\u003eHell to Pay\u003c\/i\u003e expands on several areas covered in the earlier book and deals with three new topics: U.S.-Soviet cooperation in the war against Imperial Japan; U.S., Soviet, and Japanese plans for the invasion and defense of the northernmost home island of Hokkaido; and Operation Blacklist, the three-phase insertion of American occupation forces into Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e US Naval Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682476437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.50d","brand":"D. M. Giangreco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38026585014453,"sku":"9781682476437","price":26.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6d20467d-610e-4843-877a-586aa7818168.jpg?v=1609190809","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hell-to-pay-operation-downfall-and-the-invasion-of-japan-1945-1947-9781682476437","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}