Institute for the Study of Strategy and
Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
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Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Seventy years ago this summer, Japan surrendered after B-29s dropped two atomicbombs and the USSR declared war on Japan. These events, and the strategies and policiesthat produced them, have been hotly debated ever since. The end of the Pacific War didnot merely end World War II, but determined the power structure in Asia for subsequentdecades. It is imperative to understand 1945, whose legacies affect the peace and stabilityof the region to this day - for example, in the disputes over the Senkaku Islands, thedivision of Korea, and the status of Taiwan. This full day event will include presentations from Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall:The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire; prolific naval analyst Norman Friedman;D. M. Giangreco, author of Hell to Pay; David Glantz, author of The Soviet StrategicOffensive in Manchuria, 1945; John T. Kuehn, author of A Military History of Japan; andRichard C. Thornton, author of China: A Political History.