02408cam a2200469 i 4500 1042276280 TxAuBib 20231116120000.0 220711s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022023935 9780399589256 hardcover 0399589252 hardcover (OCoLC)1335121892 TxAuBib rda Thomas, Evan. Road to Surrender : three men and the countdown to the end of World War II / Evan Thomas. First edition. New York : Random House, 2023. xvii, 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index. Introduction: The Dilemma -- Part One. Sleepless -- "The terrible, 'the awful,' 'the diabolical'" -- Target practice -- 'May[be] Frankenstein or means for World Peace' -- The stomach art -- "There are no civilians in Japan" -- The patient progresses -- "You judge it; I can't" -- Prompt and utter -- "Shall the worst occur" -- A bucket of tar -- "What the hell, let's take chance" -- Part Two. Terrible responsibility -- "I had a rather sharp little attack" -- Denial -- "Fire every damn flare in the airplane!" -- Sacred decision -- "There is life in death" -- Gambits -- "The superforts are not flying today" -- Plots -- "What are you thinking of?" -- Is Tokyo next? -- "This man is tottering" -- To bear the unbearable -- "Like a mid-summer's night dream" -- No high ground -- "The only way you can make a man trustworthy" -- Epilogue: Reckonings. 20231116. Tōgō, Shigenori, 1882-1950. Stimson, Henry L (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950. Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974. 1900-1999. Capitulations, Military Japan History 20th century. Atomic bomb. World War, 1939-1945 Japan. World War, 1939-1945 United States. Military policy. United States Military policy Decision making. Japan. Biographies. Nonfiction. Non-Fiction. NON - FICTION . TXDRI