The Battle of Okinawa
The Blood and the Bomb
Globe Pequot Publishing · Print & ebook · March 1, 2020
More people perished during the battle of Okinawa than in the ensuing bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
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- Who it’s for
- A participant-level account links Okinawa’s devastation to the atomic-bomb decision.
- Genres
- WWII Pacific Theater, Japanese History, Nuclear Warfare
- Published
- Globe Pequot Publishing, March 1, 2020
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More people perished during the battle of Okinawa than in the ensuing bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. The Battle of Okinawa offers a stunning account of the last major campaign of World War II and the largest land-sea-air engagement in history. Superbly researched and extraordinarily detailed, this masterpiece of military history is told at the level of the participants themselves, soldiers and civilians alike.
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In examining the disastrous collision of three disparate cultures—American, Japanese, and Okinawan—this book provides an unforgettable picture of men at war and also the context for understanding one of the most ominous events of this century: the decision to drop the atomic bomb.
War at Human Scale
A participant-level account links Okinawa’s devastation to the atomic-bomb decision.
Come here for
- The campaign through soldiers’ and civilians’ experiences
- Connections between Okinawa and the atomic-bomb decision
Expect
- Detailed military history grounded in participants’ experiences
- A disastrous collision of American, Japanese, and Okinawan cultures
Where it sits
| WWII Pacific Theater | 100% |
|---|---|
| Nuclear Warfare | 48% |
| Japanese History | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History
- World War II History
- U.S. Military History
- Authors
- George Feifer
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Publishing
- Published
- March 1, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- History