The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 Paperback - 2003
by John Toland
In his foreword, Toland calls "The Rising Sun" "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened--muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."
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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 Rising Sun is, in the author's words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened--muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."
In weaving together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland crafts a riveting and unbiased narrative history. In his Foreword, Toland says that if we are to draw any conclusion from "The Rising Sun, it is "that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history."
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- Title The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- Author John Toland
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 976
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Modern Library, New York
- Date 2003-05-27
- ISBN 9780812968583 / 0812968581
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.4 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.56 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Japan, Japan - History - 1926-1945
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003272015
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.535
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