Michael Pearlman, author of Truman and MacArthur: Policy, Politics, and the Hunger for Honor and Renown (Indiana University Press, 2008), and D.M. Giangreco, author of Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 (Naval Institute Press, 2009), talked about their books in conversation with Richard Fried. They also responded to questions from members of the audience.

This 5 p.m. ET program from the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest was held in Digitally Lit Room II.