Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the use of Atomic Bombs against Japan - Couverture souple

Walker, J. Samuel

 
9781442994751: Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the use of Atomic Bombs against Japan
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ISBN 10 : 1442994754 ISBN 13 : 9781442994751
Editeur : ReadHowYouWant, 2012

Synopsis

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 roles of U.S.-Soviet relations and of American domestic politics. In this new edition, Walker takes into account recent scholarship on the topic, including new information on the Japanese decision to surrender. He has also revised the book to place more emphasis on the effect of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in convincing the emperor and his advisers to quit the war. Rising above an often polemical debate, Walker presents an accessible synthesis of previous work and an important, original contribution to our understanding of the events that ushered in the atomic age. J. Samuel Walker, historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has published six other books on the history of American foreign policy and the history of nuclear energy.

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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 roles of U.S.-Soviet relations and of American domestic politics. In this new edition, Walker takes into account recent scholarship on the topic, including new information on the Japanese decision to surrender. He has also revised the book to place more emphasis on the effect of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in convincing the emperor and his advisers to quit the war. Rising above an often polemical debate, Walker presents an accessible synthesis of previous work and an important, original contribution to our understanding of the events that ushered in the atomic age. J. Samuel Walker, historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has published six other books on the history of American foreign policy and the history of nuclear energy.

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Éditeur
ReadHowYouWant
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1442994754
ISBN 13 
9781442994751
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
264
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  080785607X ISBN 13 :  9780807856079
Editeur : The University of North Carolina..., 2005
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