The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945-Fast Shipping

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“[The Rising Sun] is quite possibly the most readable, yet informative account of the Pacific war.”—Chicago Sun-Times

This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic riseand fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to theatomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, TheRising Sun is, in the author’s words, “a factual saga of people caught up in theflood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened—muddled, ennobling,disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox.”

In weaving together the historical factsand human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland craftsa riveting and unbiased narrative history. In his Foreword, Toland says that if weare to draw any conclusion from The Rising Sun, it is “that there are no simple lessonsin history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history.”

“Unbelievably rich . . . readable and exciting . . .The best parts of [Toland’s] book are not the battle scenes but the intimate view he gives of the highest reaches of Tokyo politics.”—Newsweek