Hiroshima
why America dropped the atomic bomb
1st pbk. ed.
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Author
Publication
1996 - Little, Brown, and Co., Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
48,250 words, Guess
Page Count
193 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehiroshimawhyamer0000taka
- ISBN-100316831247
- ISBN-139780316831246
- LibraryThing338486
- Goodreads116201
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- Library of Congress Control Number95013546
- Better World Books9780316831246
- Open LibraryOL22377087M
Classifications
- LCCD769.2
- LCCD769.2 .T35 1995
Description
The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unresolved. At the time, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Douglas MacArthur, and chief of staff Admiral William Leahy all agreed that an atomic attack on Japanese cities was unnecessary. All of them believed that Japan had already been beaten and that the war would soon end. Was the bomb dropped to end the war more quickly? Or did it herald the start of the Cold War? In his probing new study, prizewinning historian Ronald Takaki explores these factors and more. He considers the cultural context of race - the ways in which stereotypes of the Japanese influenced public opinion and policymakers - and also probes the human dimension. Relying on top secret military reports, diaries, and personal letters, Takaki relates international policies to the individuals involved: Los Alamos director J. Robert Oppenheimer, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and others... but above all, Harry Truman.
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