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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
by Max Hastings
from Knopf

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A wonderful book. I loved it.
  Every page of this book was fascinating. All my previous knowledge of WWII was limited to the European arena. This book was a complete education on the Japan side of the war. I do a lot of business in Japan. With this book, I was able to gain insights into the Japanese perception of victory and honor which might influence their business behavior as well. This was a great book.

• a somewhat Anglocentric view of the Pacific War
  First off, let me say that having Kai Bird review a book about the Pacific War is akin to having George Soros give a considered judgment on a book about the Bush administration. What was the Washington Post thinking? Kai Bird is not a historian of the atomic bomb; he is an impassioned critic of anything and everyone connected with its development and use. For my part, I find Mr Hastings's view of the a-bomb deployment to be one of the more valuable features of this history. He deserves great praise for not... more info

• Best End of the Asian War Book
  Retribution is every bit as good as Max Hasting's previous book, Armageddon. Also, a person gets the story that in 1944 the issue of the war against Japan was still somewhat in doubt. Hastings breaks the book down into three main themes. First, there is the two part American offensive against Japan by both the Army and Navy. Second, there is the British action against the Japanese in Southwestern Asia. Third, the last theme is about several different subjects.
  As in the allied book Armageddon,... more info

• Excellent Last Year Against Japan, Bogs Down On Surrender vs Atomic Bomb Issue
  The British author Max Hastings normally a creditable job in covering his campaign de june, but this time as with "Armageddon" he attempts to cover larger campaigns and issues of WWII and doesn't succeed. The British slant is present as usual, this time playing up the British campaigns in the CBI theater as important to Japan's defeat. Well, hardly. The fastest the British moved was in steaming to Hong Kong to re-occupy their former colony at war's end before the Americans got there, an item Hastings... more info

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