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The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
Michael Kort
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Description for The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
Hardback. Describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use the weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then ... Read more
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231130165
SKU
V9780231130165
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About Michael Kort
Michael Kort is professor of social science at Boston University's College of General Studies. He received his B.A. in history from Johns Hopkins University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Russian history from New York University. He is the author of several books on the history of the Soviet Union and the Cold War, including The Soviet Colossus: History and ... Read more
Reviews for The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
A rich resource to the complex and often profoundly controversial questions surrounding the bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Reference & Research Book News Lucid and careful summaries of the issues...[a] substantial and well-chosen collection of documents from American and Japanese sources
Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Not only comprehensive but so engaging... This is a book for ... Read more
Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Not only comprehensive but so engaging... This is a book for ... Read more