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Before the Bomb
John D. Chappell
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Description for Before the Bomb
An examination of the climate of the American home front in the months leading up to V-J Day. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Almost forgotten in the haze of events that followed Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the summer of 1945 witnessed an intense public debate over how best to end the war against Japan. Weary of fighting, the American people were determined to defeat the imperial power that had so viciously attacked them in December 1941, but they were uncertain of the best means to accomplish this goal. Certain of victory -- the "inevitable triumph" promised by Franklin Roosevelt immediately after Pearl Harbor -- Americans became increasingly concerned about the human cost of defeating Japan.
Particularly after the brutal Iwo Jima and Okinawa ... Read more
Almost forgotten in the haze of events that followed Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the summer of 1945 witnessed an intense public debate over how best to end the war against Japan. Weary of fighting, the American people were determined to defeat the imperial power that had so viciously attacked them in December 1941, but they were uncertain of the best means to accomplish this goal. Certain of victory -- the "inevitable triumph" promised by Franklin Roosevelt immediately after Pearl Harbor -- Americans became increasingly concerned about the human cost of defeating Japan.
Particularly after the brutal Iwo Jima and Okinawa ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813119878
SKU
V9780813119878
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Ref
99-16
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