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100	1		_aThomas, Evan, _d1951- _eauthor. _997959
245	1	0	_aRoad to surrender : _bthree men and the countdown to the end of World War II / _cby Evan Thomas.
246	3	0	_aThree men and the countdown to the end of World War II
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c[2023]
264		4	_c©2023
300			_axvii, 314 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
520			_a"This suspenseful and propulsive account of the days leading up to the end of World War II, is told through the stories of three men: Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atomic bomb; Gen. Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in Europe and the Pacific, who was in charge of actually dropping the bombs; and Shigenori Tōgō, the Japanese Foreign Minister, who was the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Court and Supreme War Council who knew and believed that Japan must surrender. 1945 was Stimson's last year of his career as a statesman in the administrations of five presidents. When Truman, a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb, you are there as Army Air Force commander General Spaatz accepts the order, gets into one of the planes, and the planes take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war, and that a prolonged war would cause even greater destruction. But Spaatz and Stimson were on only one side of the story. On the other side of the world was a commander whom they would never meet. From the start of the Pacific war, Foreign Minister Tōgō worked to mediate negotiations between the Japanese Prime Minister, the Emperor, and his Court, all of whom believed surrender was impossible. Finally, Tōgō convinced the Emperor that surrender was the best option for Hirohito, and for Japan"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_gIntroduction: The Dilemma -- Part One. _tSleepless -- "The terrible, 'the awful,' 'the diabolical'" -- _tTarget practice -- 'May[be] Frankenstein or means for World Peace' -- _tThe stomach art -- "There are no civilians in Japan" -- _tThe patient progresses -- "You judge it; I can't" -- _tPrompt and utter -- "Shall the worst occur" -- _tA bucket of tar -- "What the hell, let's take chance" -- _tPart Two. _tTerrible responsibility -- "I had a rather sharp little attack" -- _tDenial -- "Fire every damn flare in the airplane!" -- _tSacred decision -- "There is life in death" -- _tGambits -- "The superforts are not flying today" -- _tPlots -- "What are you thinking of?" -- _tIs Tokyo next? -- "This man is tottering" -- _tTo bear the unbearable -- "Like a mid-summer's night dream" -- _tNo high ground -- "The only way you can make a man trustworthy" -- Epilogue: Reckonings.
650		0	_aCapitulations, Military _zJapan _zHistory _y20th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xMilitary policy _xDecision making. _972701
650		0	_aAtomic bomb. _964150
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zJapan. _924759
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zUnited States. _923097
600	1	0	_aTōgō, Shigenori, _d1882-1950.
600	1	0	_aStimson, Henry L. _q(Henry Lewis), _d1867-1950. _9287128
600	1	0	_aSpaatz, Carl, _d1891-1974.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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