John Toland (historian)
John Willard Toland | |
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Toland in 1971 | |
| Born | June 29, 1912 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 2004 (aged 91) Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Williams College Yale University |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
John Willard Toland (June 29, 1912 – January 4, 2004) was an American writer and historian. He is best known for a biography of Adolf Hitler and a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, The Rising Sun.