02587cam a2200397 i 4500 623812890 TxAuBib 20161017120000.0 160818s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016036797 9781410493545 hardcover 1410493547 hardcover (OCoLC)957056973 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda rda OCLCO DLC OCLCF BKL LF3 OJ4 IK2 TXDPL TxAuBib OCLCO OCLCF BKL LF3 OJ4 IK2 TXDPL TxAuBib rda O'Reilly, Bill, author. Killing The Rising Sun : How America Vanquished World War II Japan / By Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016. 513 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-506) and index. Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. This book takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan. Across the globe in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. In Washington, DC, Harry Truman ascends to the presidency after FDR dies in office, only to face the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who is considered a deity by his subjects, refuses to surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Accelerated Reader AR UG 9 16 186437. 20161017. New York Times Best Sellers, 2016. Manhattan Project (U.S.) World War, 1939-1945 United States. World War, 1939-1945 Japan. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area. Best seller. Military History. Dugard, Martin, author. TXKPL