The Book Prize Index

Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan

Harvard University Press

"In the first international history of the end of World War II in the Pacific - the only book to fully integrate the roles of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan - Tsuyoshi Hasegawa traces an intricate diplomatic and military end game as he shatters standard accounts of the Japanese surrender."--cloth ed. book jacket.

HistoryWorld History · medium confidenceWorld History81 signalsLlm Classifier: World History -> World HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryWorld War IICold War & Nuclear PoliticsWar & Military StrategyAsia & the Pacific

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PROSE Award for U.S. History2005WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Stalin76%
    • Truman76%
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    • Tsuyoshi Hasegawa36%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 66%.