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Racing the Enemy : Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan
Racing the Enemy Stalin Truman and the Surrender of Japan Author:Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Hasegawa rewrites the standard history of the end of World War II in the Pacific by fully integrating the three key actors in the story--the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan. From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Harry Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions a... more »gainst Japan, he brings to light the real reasons Japan surrendered.« less