Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series) - Softcover

O'Reilly, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250755611 ISBN 13: 9781250755612

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2020

Synopsis

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. Killing the Rising Sun 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, FDR dies in office and Harry Truman ascends to the presidency, 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. Told in the same page-turning style of Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, Killing Patton, and Killing Reagan, this epic saga details the final moments of World War II like never before.

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About the Author

Bill O'Reilly is a trailblazing TV journalist who has experienced unprecedented success on cable news and in writing fifteen national bestselling nonfiction books. (There are currently more than seventeen million books in the Killing series in print.) Mr. O'Reilly does a daily podcast on BillOReilly.com, and his daily radio program, The O'Reilly Update, is heard on hundreds of stations across the country. He lives on Long Island. Martin Dugard is the New York Times bestselling author of several books of history, among them the Killing series, Into Africa, and The Explorers. He and his wife live in southern California with their three sons.

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250755611
• ISBN 13: 9781250755612
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 432