Marc Gallicchio Livres

Set against the backdrop of August 15, 1945, the narrative delves into the ongoing conflicts in Asia following Japan's surrender. It highlights the power struggles among the United States, China, and the Soviet Union as they navigated the complexities of a post-war world. The author examines the intertwined diplomatic, military, and economic challenges faced by these nations, illustrating how the quest for a lasting peace extended from Korea to Vietnam and beyond, ultimately shaping the geopolitical landscape of the region.

Publishing on 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in September 1945, Unconditional not only offers a narrative of the Japanese surrender in its historical moment, but reveals how the policy underlying it poisoned American postwar politics and warped our understanding of World War II for decades.

In this history of the last year of the war in the Pacific, award-winning historians Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio examine all the issues facing the Allies in their fight against the Japanese, and whether unconditional surrender was inevitable.

Focusing on African American perspectives, the book explores the evolution of black internationalism during the early twentieth century, particularly in relation to Japan and China. While the movement ultimately struggled to forge solidarity with these nations, it played a crucial role in uniting black Americans in their fight for civil rights, highlighting the complexities of race and global politics.

"Focuses on the distinct personalities of the Pollaiuolo brothers, among the greatest figures of the fifteenth-century Florentine art scene. A thorough review of their works as well as of documents and scholarly literature provides the reader with a new, more carefully defined assessment of Antonio, who used a full range of techniques to express his boundless creativity, and of Piero, a painter of great elegance, who was highly sensitive to the art of the Low Countries"--Jacket.

Marc Gallicchio expertly examines the diplomatic, military, and economic struggles in which the United States, China, and the Soviet Union were pitted in the immediate aftermath of victory over Japan. The Allied victory was but a prelude to an American search for a lasting peace across Asia, stretching from Korea to Vietnam and out to the Pacific atolls.