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Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan
J. Samuel Walker
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Description for Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBWQ; JPS; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Updated to include recent scholarly findings - a balanced and concise look at a still-controversial decision In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the options available for ending the war with Japan. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade of new research - mostly from Japanese archives only recently made available - that provides fresh insight on the strategic considerations that led ... Read more
Updated to include recent scholarly findings - a balanced and concise look at a still-controversial decision In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the options available for ending the war with Japan. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade of new research - mostly from Japanese archives only recently made available - that provides fresh insight on the strategic considerations that led ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469628974
SKU
V9781469628974
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About J. Samuel Walker
J. Samuel Walker is a prize-winning historian and author of books on the history of American foreign policy, nuclear energy, and college basketball.
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