This book is a balanced account of the political, diplomatic,
and military currents that influenced Japan's attempts to surrender
and the United States's decision to drop the atomic bombs. Based on
extensive research in both the United States and Japan, this book
allows the reader to follow the parallel decision-making in Tokyo
and Washington that contributed to lost opportunities that might
have allowed a less brutal conclusion to the war. Topics discussed
and analyzed include Japan's desperate military situation; its
decision to look to the Soviet Union to mediate the conflict; the
Manhattan Project; the debates within Truman's Administration and
the armed forces as to whether to modify unconditional surrender
terms to include retention of Emperor Hirohito and whether to plan
for the invasion of Japan's home islands or to rely instead on
blockade and bombing to force the surrender.
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