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Prompt and Utter Destruction: President Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Univ of North Carolina Pr
Publication date September 1, 1997
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780807846629
ISBN-10 0807846627
Dimensions 0.50 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight 0.55 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $16.95
Other format details university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: More than fifty years later, the decision that brought prompt and utter destruction to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki continues to generate enormous interest and controversy. In this concise and balanced account, J. Samuel Walker offers a new look at the events and circumstances that lay behind President Truman's use of atomic bombs against Japan. Combining extensive documentary research with a critical reading of both American and Japanese scholarship, Walker examines the popular mythology about how the decision was made, delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time and evaluating the role of U.S.-Soviet relations and American domestic politics. Rising above an often polemical debate, he presents an accessible synthesis of previous work and an important, original contribution to our understanding of the events that ushered in the atomic age.

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9780807846629 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $16.95
About: More than fifty years later, the decision that brought prompt and utter destruction to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki continues to generate enormous interest and controversy.
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