Readers around the world have thrilled to
Killing Lincoln,
Killing Kennedy,
Killing Jesus,
Killing Patton, and
Killing Reagan-riveting works of nonfiction that journey into the heart of the most famous murders in history. Now from Bill O'Reilly, anchor of
The O'Reilly Factor, comes the powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling
Killing series:
Killing the Rising Sun.
Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor.
Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan.
Across the globe in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. In Washington, DC, FDR dies in office and Harry Truman ascends to the presidency, only to face the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who is considered a deity by his subjects, refuses to surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Told in the same page-turning style of
Killing series, this epic saga details the final moments of World War II like never before.
