PREVIEW: From a two-hour radio conversation with the author Evan Thomas and his new work, ROAD TO SURRENDER, re the last days of the Pacific War-- this excerpt abut Foreign Minister Shinegori Togo, who labored to convince Emperor Hirohito to surrender as
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🗓️ 28 December 2023
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Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II Hardcover – May 16, 2023 by Evan Thomas (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252
1933 Imperial Japanese Army Parade, ledby Emperor Hirohito
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| 0:31.0 | A two-hour radio conversation with the author Evan Thomas, his new book Road to Surrender, |
| 0:37.5 | three men and the countdown to the end of World War II. One of those men is the then foreign minister of Japan, |
| 0:45.8 | Shingenora Togo. |
| 0:48.9 | He is the only member of the Council of War in the last days of the Japanese War, the only one to |
| 0:58.4 | campaign for peace, to persuade the Emperor for peace. |
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