Argues that the 1945-1946 planned invasion of Japan would have been less costly than it is usually supposed, and that Japan might have surrendered if the terms of peace were less than unconditional

Product Description: This beautifully crafted volume was designed by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the construction of "the most important single historic landmark in the entire state". John Ray Skates, professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi and a native Mississippian who has written extensively on the state's history, was chosen to provide the text, while photographs and illustrations were carefully selected by the department's museum staff...read more

A portrait of the Southern state examines social, economic, and cultural development in light of the pre-Civil War cotton industry and slavery and the contemporary economic diversification and civil rights movement