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The Decision to Drop the Bomb (Paperback)
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The Decision to Drop the Bomb (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: WW2
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This book, first published in 1967, examines the circumstances and
events that led to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan,
devastating Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The death of President
Roosevelt three weeks before the end of the European war led to an
incoming President, Truman, who had heard nothing of the project
before taking office. He and his advisers had no precedents to
guide them as they considered what to do, and withing their closely
drawn circle there were genuine differences of opinion about the
use of atomic weapons. This book traces the course of the
discussions between the politicians and their technical advisers,
the part played by personal relationships, and the attempt by some
of the scientists to stop the bomb being used without warning. In
addition, it supplies a thorough analysis of developments abroad,
and in particular the situation in Japan. It shows that the debate
in Washington and the atomic plants was careful and wide-ranging,
and that issues are no less complex for being supremely important.
The result is to provide both a study of decision-making and a
valuable contribution to our understanding of the closing months of
the Second World War.
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