Hell to Pay

"A magnificent achievement. Giangreco demolishes two of the revisionists' most precious myths: that Japan was trying to surrender during the summer of 1945 and that casualty estimates later cited by American officials were wildly exaggerated in order to cover up the real reason for using atomic bomb [...]
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"A magnificent achievement. Giangreco demolishes two of the revisionists' most precious myths: that Japan was trying to surrender during the summer of 1945 and that casualty estimates later cited by American officials were wildly exaggerated in order to cover up the real reason for using atomic bombs. This book is indispensable for anyone interested in the subject." --Robert James Maddox, author of Hiroshima in History: The Myths of RevisionismHell to Pay remains the most comprehensive examination of the myriad complex issues that comprised the strategic plans for the American invasion of Japan. U.S. planning for the invasion and military occupation of Imperial Japan began in 1943, two years before the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In its final form, Operation DOWNFALL called for a massive Allied invasion--on a scale dwarfing D-Day. This revised and updated edition contains 10,000 additional words, relevant archival material, supplemental photos, and nearly a dozen new maps, making this the definitive edition of an important historical work.