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The most controversial decision : Truman, the atomic bombs, and the defeat of Japan

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"This book explores the American use of atomic bombs, and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on notable archival research, and the best and most recent scholarship on the subject to fashion an incisive overview that is fair and forceful in Read more...

Author(s): Wilson D Miscamble
Series: Cambridge essential histories
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: xii, 174 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm
City: New York
Tags: Международные отношения;Геополитика;


Content: Introduction: the most controversial decision --
Franklin Roosevelt, the Manhattan Project, and the development of the atomic bomb --
Harry Truman, Henry Stimson, and atomic briefings --
James F. Byrnes, the atomic bomb, and the Pacific War --
The Potsdam Conference, the Trinity test, and 'atomic diplomacy' --
Hiroshima, the Japanese, and the Soviets --
The Japanese surrender --
Necessary, but was It right? --
Byrnes, the Soviets, and the American atomic monopoly --
The atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War.
Abstract:
Addresses the reasons the atomic bombs were used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the role they played in Japan's surrender. Read more...