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Unconditional - The Japanese Surrender in World War II (Paperback)
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Unconditional - The Japanese Surrender in World War II (Paperback)
Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
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Loot Price R482
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A new look at the drama that lay behind the end of the war in the
Pacific Signed on September 2, 1945 aboard the American battleship
USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay by Japanese and Allied leaders, the
instrument of surrender that formally ended the war in the Pacific
brought to a close one of the most cataclysmic engagements in
history. Behind it lay a debate that had been raging for some weeks
prior among American military and political leaders. The surrender
fulfilled the commitment that Franklin Roosevelt had made in 1943
at the Casablanca conference that it be "unconditional." Though
readily accepted as policy at the time, after Roosevelt's death in
April 1945 support for unconditional surrender wavered,
particularly among Republicans in Congress, when the bloody
campaigns on Iwo Jima and Okinawa made clear the cost of military
victory against Japan. Germany's unconditional surrender in May
1945 had been one thing; the war in the pacific was another. Many
conservatives favored a negotiated surrender. Though this was the
last time American forces would impose surrender unconditionally,
questions surrounding it continued through the 1950s and 1960s-with
the Korean and Vietnam Wars-when liberal and conservative views
reversed, including over the definition of "peace with honor." The
subject was revived during the ceremonies surrounding the 50th
anniversary in 1995, and the Gulf and Iraq Wars, when the subjects
of exit strategies and "accomplished missions" were debated. Marc
Gallicchio reveals how and why the surrender in Tokyo Bay unfolded
as it did and the principle figures behind it, including George C.
Marshall and Douglas MacArthur. The latter would effectively become
the leader of Japan and his tenure, and indeed the very nature of
the American occupation, was shaped by the nature of the surrender.
Most importantly, Gallicchio reveals how the policy of
unconditional surrender has shaped our memory and our understanding
of World War II.
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