The most controversial decision : Truman, the atomic bombs, and the defeat of Japan /
This book explores the American use of atomic bombs, and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on archival research, an...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Cambridge essential histories.
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| Summary: | This book explores the American use of atomic bombs, and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on archival research, and the most recent scholarship on the subject to fashion an overview that is fair and forceful in its judgments. This study addresses a subject that has been much debated among historians, and it confronts head on the highly disputed claim that the Truman administration practiced atomic diplomacy. The book goes beyond its central historical analysis to ask whether it was morally right for the United States to use these terrible weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It also provides an evaluation of the relationship between atomic weapons and the origins of the Cold War. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 174 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780521514194 (hardback) 0521514193 (hardback) 9780521735360 (paperback) 052173536X (paperback) |
