[Signed] Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan [SIGNED FIRST EDITION] O'Reilly, Bill; Dugard, Martin [As New] [Hardcover]

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As new condition red boards with dark blue spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote; Map Legend; A Note to Readers; Introduction; Postscript; White House President Letters; Sources; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; Index; and About the Authors. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps. Signed by Author Bill O'Reilly with blue ink on a ""From the Desk of Bill O'Reilly"" bookplate affixed to the center of the first free front endpaper. ""The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan. Across the globe in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. In Washington, DC, Harry Truman ascents to the presidency after FDR dies in office, only to face the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who is considered a deity by his subjects, refuses to surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Told in the same page-turning style as [each of the other books in the Killing series], this epic saga details the final moments of World War II like never before."" - from the inner front jacket flap. ""An enthralling, gripping account of the bloody battles, huge decisions, an historic personalities that culminated in the decision to drop the atomic bomb and brought the war in the Pacific to its climactic end. A masterful, meticulously researched work that captures the barbarity of the war waged by those who swore allegiance to the Japanese emperor - and by those who crushed the military might of the Rising Sun."" - General David H. Petraeus, commander of the surge in Iraq (2007-8) and coalition forces in Afghanistan (2010-11)