Partial table of contents: PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE. Plans for 32nd Army: Yahara Versus Imperial Headquarters. THE AMERICAN ASSAULT. The Grand Strategy Unfolds. Challenge and Response. RETREAT UNDER FIRE. Counteroffensive Halted. The Headquarters Cave. Choosing a Last-Stand Location. Retreat and Attack. Farewell to Shuri. Civilians at the Last Stand. Kiyan Peninsula. The Last Battle. Cave Fantasies. EXODUS. Gushichan Cave. Coolie on a New Battlefield. Reversal of Fortune. The Colonel's Postcript. Epilogue: The Battle Ended--Capture and Return. Prisoner of War Interrogation Reports. Index.

FRANK B. GIBNEY is president of the Pacific Basin Institute. He is a former correspondent, writer, and editor for Time, Newsweek, and Life, and the author of numerous books, including Japan: The Fragile Superpower and The Pacific Century.