Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan

Praise for Richard Overy Blood and Ruins "[A] stupendous achievement. . . . Blood and Ruins dissects the sinews of war with the sharpest of scalpels. . . . It is history at its best, down to the finest points." -- Josef Joffe, New York Times Book Review " Blood and Ruins is a monumental work. . . . Richard Overy has given us a powerful reminder of the horror of war and the threat posed by dictators with dreams of empire." -- Michael F. Bishop, Wall Street Journal "The Pacific clash over colonies reveals a greater truth about the Second World War. . . . [ Blood and Ruins ] refuses to treat the Pacific as 'an appendix, ' as histories often do. Rather, it sees World War II as a truly 'global event.'" -- Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic The Dictators "Gripping . . . astonishing . . . superb. [Overy's] skills lie in the fluent telling of a complex story, in the sharp flash of insight, in his patient commitment to the rational explanation of events that sometimes seem to defy all reason." -- Jane Caplan, Times Literary Supplement Why the Allies Won "Clear-sighted . . . learned, and multifaceted." -- Richard Bernstein, New York Times "Broad and insightful." -- Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs "A masterpiece of analytical history." -- Niall Ferguson, Sunday Times (London)