Prompt and Utter Destruction : President Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan

J. Samuel Walker

ISBN 10: 0807846627 / ISBN 13: 9780807846629

Edité par University of North Carolina Press, 1997

N° de réf. du vendeur 0807846627-4-33943046

Synopsis :

A study of the events and circumstances that lay behind President Truman's use of atomic bombs against Japan. It examines the popular mythology about how the decision was made and evaluates the role of US-Soviet relations and American domestic politics.

Présentation de l'éditeur: 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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Prompt and Utter Destruction : President ...
Éditeur : University of North Carolina Press
Date d'édition : 1997
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Fair