The Rising Sun : The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

A sweeping historical narrative examines the personalities, events, and political maneuvers that shaped Japan's destiny during the years of World War II, from the 1936 invasion of Manchuria to the atom bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in a new edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.