| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 213 pages) |
| Contents |
Gar Alperovitz: godfather of Hiroshima revisionism / Robert James Maddox -- The shock of the atomic bomb and Japan's decision to surrender--a reconsideration / Sadao Asada -- Intelligence forecasting for the invasion of Japan: previews of hell / Edward J. Drea -- "A score of bloody Okinawas and Iwo Jimas": President Truman and casualty estimates for the invasion of Japan / D.M. Giangreco -- Half a million purple hearts / D.M. Giangreco and Kathryn Moore -- Advocacy or assessment? The United States strategic bombing survey of Germay and Japan / Gian Peri Gentile -- Hiroshima and the trashing of Henry Stimson / Robert P. Newman -- Enola Gay at Air and Space: anonymity, hypocrisy, ignorance / Robert P. Newman -- Racing the enemy: a critical look / Michael Kort |
| Summary |
"Analysis of Truman's decision to use nuclear arms against Japan through essays written by military and diplomatic historians"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Historiography.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Historiography
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Pazifikkrieg 1941-1945
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Strategie
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| SUBJECT |
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95003738
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| Subject |
Japan -- Hiroshima-shi
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Hiroshima -- Atombombenabwurf.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Maddox, Robert James.
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| ISBN |
9780826265876 |
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0826265871 |
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