Author Description

in His Critically Acclaimed armageddon, Hastings Detailed The Last Twelve Months Of The Struggle For Germany. Here, In What Can Be Considered A Companion Volume, He Covers The Horrific Story Of The War Against Japan. by The Summer Of 1944 It Was Clear That Japan S Defeat Was Inevitable, But How The Drive To Victory Would Be Achieved Remained To Be Seen. The Ensuing Drama That Ended In Japan S Utter Devastation Was Acted Out Across The Vast Stage Of Asia. In Recounting The Saga Of This Time And Place, Max Hastings Gives Us Incisive Portraits Of The Theater S Key Figures Macarthur, Nimitz, Mountbatten, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao, Roosevelt, Churchill, And Stalin. But He Is Equally Adept In His Portrayals Of The Ordinary Soldiers And Sailors American, British, Russian, Chinese, And Japanese Caught In Some Of The War S Bloodiest Campaigns. with Unprecedented Insight, Hastings Discusses Japan S War Against China, Now All But Forgotten In The West, Macarthur S Follies In The Phi... the Washington Post - Kai Bird in retribution, Hastings Does Not Leave Out The Big Actors, But What Is New And Original Are The Personal Stories He Has Extracted From Oral Histories And His Own Interviews With Veterans Of The American, Japanese, Russian, Australian And Even Chinese Armies. A Fine Writer, Hastings Conveys Many Heartrending Testimonies.