02084cam a2200325 i 4500 271243968 TxAuBib 20160831120000.0 160415s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016018160 9781627790628 1627790624 TxAuBib rda O'Reilly, Bill. Killing the rising sun : how America vanquished World War II Japan / Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. First edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016. 323 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. 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, FDR dies in office and Harry Truman ascends to the presidency, 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. 20160831. World War, 1939-1945 United States. World War, 1939-1945 Japan. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area. Pacific Area History, Military 20th century. Dugard, Martin, author.