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Tables of Contents for Downfall
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
v
Maps
viii
Introduction
ix
Tokyo Burns: Raid of March 9-10
3
17
Strategies Old, Strategies New
20
18
From Zeppelins to B-29s
38
19
LeMay Takes Command
57
11
Fire and Mud
68
15
The ``Fundamental Policy''
83
20
Magic Insights
103
14
Downfall and Olympic Plans
117
14
The Invasion and the President
131
18
Pummeling and Strangling: Bombardment and Blockade, June to August
149
15
Ketsu Operation on Kyushu
164
14
Kamikazes, Civilians, and Assessments
178
19
The Eclipse of Olympic
197
17
Unconditional Surrender and Magic
214
26
Magic and Diplomacy with the Soviets
240
12
Hiroshima
252
21
Manchuria and Nagasaki
273
15
The Decisive Day
288
20
Surrender
308
23
Assessing Realities
331
18
Alternatives and Conclusions
349
12
Appendix A
361
2
Appendix B
363
2
Notes
365
80
Bibliographic Note
445
16
Index
461