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020			_a9780812968583 (pbk)
100	1		_aTOLAND John
245			_aThe rising sun : _bthe decline and fall of the Japanese empire, 1936-1945 / _cJohn Toland.
260			_aNew York : _bThe Modern Library, _c2003
300			_axv, 954 p. : _bmaps
500			_aIncludes index
520			_aA history of Japan's planned expansion and how and why those plans were thwarted. Covers the period from Japan's invasion of Manchuria and China to the end of the Second World War.
650			_aJAPAN _x EMPIRE
650			_aSECOND WORLD WAR _x PACIFIC THEATRE
650			_aJAPAN _x INVASION _x CHINA
650			_aJAPAN _x INVASION _x MANCHURIA
945			_i34550-1001 _rY _sY
945			_i34550-2001 _rY _sY
999			_c19683 _d19683