{"product_id":"the-rising-sun-john-toland-9780812968583","title":"The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945","description":"\u003cb\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eThe Rising Sun\u003c\/i\u003e] is quite possibly the most readable, yet informative account of the Pacific war.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, \u003ci\u003eThe Rising Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is, in the author's words, \"a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened--muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In weaving together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland crafts a riveting and unbiased narrative history. In his Foreword, Toland says that if we are to draw any conclusion from \u003ci\u003eThe Rising Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, it is \"that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Toland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812968581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812968583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.90d","brand":"John Toland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051025133823,"sku":"9780812968583","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_548da23b-4026-4e79-ac1f-1d35f7fbde59.jpg?v=1685010645","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rising-sun-john-toland-9780812968583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}