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Prompt and Utter Destruction - Truman and the use of Atomic Bombs against Japan (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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Prompt and Utter Destruction - Truman and the use of Atomic Bombs against Japan (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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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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