The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 (Used First Edition Hardcover) - John Toland Children unmarked pages and little to

unmarked pages and little to no cover wear

despite a father meaner than ten vipers

a wealthy Harvard scion who was so certain of his Mars discovery that he (almost) convinced a generation of astronomers that grainy telescopic photographs of the red planet revealed meltwater and an intricate canal system

coasting through life as a barely competent bike courier

The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 (Used First Edition Hardcover) - John Toland Children unmarked pages and little toThis Pulitzer Prizewinning 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, The Rising Sun is, in the authors words, a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happenedmuddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox.