The battle of okinawa and the atomic bomb by george. The battle of yamazaki, yamazaki no tatakai was fought in 1582 in yamazaki, japan, located in current day kyoto prefecture. Which antietam books should you buy the best antietam. In examining the disastrous collision of three disparate culturesamerican, japanese, and okinawanthe book provides an unforgettable picture of men at war and also the context for understanding one of the most ominous events of this century. This battle is sometimes referred to as the battle of mt. Fighting with suicidal tenacity, the japanese defenders suffered some 110,000 deaths. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nov 18, 2019 feifer chronicled the battle in a 1992 book, tennozan, a japanese term for a decisive battle, and later wrote breaking open japan 2006, about the end of that countrys isolationist. It also features as a campaign map in the conquerors expansion of the realtime strategy game age of empires ii. A history of the battle of okinawa, from investigative reporter sloan brotherhood of heroes. In his commentary in go seigens book saishin uchigo kenkyuu, vol.
Tennozan offers a stunning account of the battle of okinawa, the last major campaign of world war ii and the largest landseaair engagement in history. Parking behind the school is limited, but there is a public parking lot at park and main, behind the pizzeria. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts. George feifer, a novelist and a journalist, has written nine books, mainly about russia. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. The battle of okinawa and the atomic bomb by george feifer almost twenty years ago, and it held a strong emotional impact for me.
Okinawas japanese commander decided not to defend the beaches for the logical reason that earlier attempts on other islands had failed in the face of overwhelming naval firepower. Mar 17, 2020 okinawa, the last major battle of world war ii, began on april 1, 1945 and ended june 21, 1945. Okinawa, april 1july 2, 1945, was surely a tennozan, an allout, decisive battle. Tennozan the battle of okinawa and the atomic bomb by george. More information about this seller contact this seller 26. He explained it was partly because of shame and disgrace, partly because americans were victors and occupiers.
In examining the disastrous collision of three disparate cultures american, japanese, and okinawan this book provides an unforgettable picture of men at war and also the context for understanding one of the most. Okinawa, by most measures, is one of the seminal battles between the us and japan in wwii and the largest landseaair engagement in history. I would highly recommend that people read this book before reading any other account of the battle of okinawa. The last battle by roy appleman is supposed to be very good. The battle of tennozan took place in japan in 1582, between the armies of toyotomi hideyoshi and akechi mitsuhide. The latter was greatly outnumbered but was cornered and had to make a stand and he ultimately lost the battle and his life. It examines the disastrous collision of three disparate culturesamerican, japanese, and okinawanand provides the context for understanding the decision to drop the atomic bomb. For reasons big and small, understandable and unjustified, the war in the pacific during world war ii has largely been overshadowed by the allies war against hitler.
Rather, tennozan consists of more than five hundred pages of appalling horrors. The book then goes to argue about the goodness of using the atom bombs on mainland japan as a way to efectively shorten the war and its casualties on both sides in view of the experience of what was in store based on the battle for okinawa. The battle of okinawa and the atomic bomb houghton mifflin 1992 because my son is now in okinawa japan with the army. The book also does great justice to the largely forgotten main victims of this fight, namely the. The battle of okinawa and the title, the battle of. The battle is also the basis for the sonny chiba martial arts film shoguns ninja. George feifer, journalist and author who chronicled the. This is the most popular standard account of the maryland campaign of. It tells of the battle from the viewpoint of the people fightingon both sides. A books total score is based on multiple factors, including. The battle of okinawa goodreads meet your next favorite book.
Tenno tennozan no tatakai in the honnoji incident akechi mitsuhide, a retainer of oda nobunaga, attacked nobunaga as he rested in honnoji, and forced him to commit. This was a threestone game played against shusai meijin under a 232 handicap. The battle of okinawa and the atomic bomb, that by 1946 there had been fewer than 10 reported cases of rape in okinawa. Possible ex library copy, with all the markingsstickers of that library. The battle of okinawa and the dropping of the atomic bomb 1992. Feifer has not produced a retrospective assessment of what went right and what went wrong in the battle of okinawa. Moscow farewell, a book of the month club main selection. List of books and articles about battle of antietam. The book makes vividly real those tenets of japanese cultureits emphasis on honor and its horror of losing facewhich allowed this campaign to become a great human tragedy. Tennozan the battle of okinawa and the atomic bomb. The original title of the book tennozan and its significance. The battle of okinawa and the atomic bomb by george feifer 1994, paperback at the best online prices at ebay.
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Tennozan, the battle of okinawa and the atomic bomb by george feifer. In examining the disastrous collision of three disparate culturesamerican, japanese, and okinawanthe book provides an unforgettable picture of men at war and also the context for understanding one of the most ominous events. Aug 30, 1992 okinawa, april 1july 2, 1945, was surely a tennozan, an allout, decisive battle. Fighting with suicidal tenacity, the japanese defenders suffered some.
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