A classic work of World War II history that brings to vivid, dramatic life one of the bloodiest battles ever fought―and the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian step...

New York Times Bestseller: A "virtually faultless" account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives (The New York Times Book Review). By midsummer 1945, Japan had long since lost ...