The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 by John Toland

The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45

John Toland

976 pages first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

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This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Ris...

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