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Also by JONATHAN W. JORDAN
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
MAPS
EPIGRAPH
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE: “THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE”
PART ONE: Bringing the War Home
MAP: THE WAR IN EUROPE
ONE: “NEW POWERS OF DESTRUCTION”
TWO: THREE MINUTES
THREE: “THE HAND THAT HELD THE DAGGER”
FOUR: “FEWER AND BETTER ROOSEVELTS”
FIVE: THE NEW DEAL WAR
SIX: “ONE-FIFTY-EIGHT”
SEVEN: THE PARABLE OF THE GARDEN HOSE
EIGHT: INCHING INTO WAR
NINE: BEGGARS BANQUET
MAP: THE ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY
TEN: LAST STAND OF THE OLD GUARD
ELEVEN: YEAR OF THE SNAKE
MAP: THE PACIFIC THEATER
TWELVE: KIDO BUTAI
MAP: THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN
PART TWO: A New Doctor
THIRTEEN: KICKING OVER ANTHILLS
FOURTEEN: “DO YOUR BEST TO SAVE THEM”
FIFTEEN: “O.K. F.D.R.”
SIXTEEN: “THERE ARE TIMES WHEN MEN HAVE TO DIE”
SEVENTEEN: “INTER ARMA SILENT LEGES”
EIGHTEEN: ROLLING IN THE DEEP
NINETEEN: SHARKS AND LIONS
TWENTY: “LIGHTS OF PERVERTED SCIENCE”
THE WAR FOR ASIA
TWENTY-ONE: MIDWAY’S GLOW
TWENTY-TWO: “THE BURNED CHILD DREADS FIRE”
TWENTY-THREE: CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
MAP: MACARTHUR AND THE NAVY
TWENTY-FOUR: ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
TWENTY-FIVE: GIRDLES, BEER, AND COFFEE
MAP: NORTH AFRICA
TWENTY-SIX: THE DEVIL’S BRIDGE
TWENTY-SEVEN: “HOLLYWOOD AND THE BIBLE”
TWENTY-EIGHT: “A WAR OF PERSONALITIES”
TWENTY-NINE: BLIND SPOTS
MAP: NORTH AFRICA
THIRTY: STICKPINS
THIRTY-ONE: THE FIRST CASUALTY
THIRTY-TWO: LANDINGS, LUZON, AND LADY LEX
MAP: THE WAR FOR ITALY
THIRTY-THREE: “A VITAL DIFFERENCE OF FAITH”
THIRTY-FOUR: PLAINS OF ABRAHAM
THIRTY-FIVE: THE INDISPENSABLE MAN
THIRTY-SIX: “DIRTY BASEBALL”
THIRTY-SEVEN: VINEGAR JOE AND PEANUT’S WIFE
THIRTY-EIGHT: A RUSSIAN UNCLE
THIRTY-NINE: RENO AND GRANITE
FORTY: “CONSIDERABLE SOB STUFF”
FORTY-ONE: SORROWS OF WAR
FORTY-TWO: “DR. WIN-THE-WAR”
FORTY-THREE: HALCYON PLUS FIVE
MAP: OPERATION OVERLORD
FORTY-FOUR: HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS
FORTY-FIVE: MR. CATCH
MAP: TWO ROADS TO TOKYO
FORTY-SIX: TRAMPLING OUT THE VINTAGE
FORTY-SEVEN: OLD WOUNDS
FORTY-EIGHT: VOLTAIRE’S BATTALIONS
FORTY-NINE: COUNTING STARS
FIFTY: THE TSARINA’S BEDROOM
FIFTY-ONE: “O CAPTAIN”
MAP: DEATH OF THE GERMAN REICH
PART THREE: Swords, Plowshares, and Atoms
FIFTY-TWO: TRUMAN
FIFTY-THREE: DOWNFALL
MAP: OPERATION DOWNFALL: THE INVASION OF JAPAN
FIFTY-FOUR: “COME AND SEE”
FIFTY-FIVE: “THIS IS A PEACE WARNING”
EPILOGUE
PHOTOGRAPHS
SELECTED ALLIED CODE NAMES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
ENDNOTES
PHOTO INSERT CREDITS
INDEX
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