Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan by Richard Overy Groundswell Speaker 2024 ISBN: 9780349703886

ISBN: 9780349703886

with playful and eye-catching games

ISBN: 9781804954072

A compendium and celebration of eggs

Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan by Richard Overy Groundswell Speaker 2024 ISBN: 9780349703886A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in Asia, published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. 'A short but quietly devastating book, in which Overy adds new perspectives to a subject that has often been approached from a narrowly American angle Overy's book is a sombre reminder that the border between civilisation and savagery is wafer thin.' Philip Snow, Literary Review In the closing months of