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Author Wainstock, Dennis, 1947-

Title The decision to drop the atomic bomb / Dennis D. Wainstock
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996

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Description x, 180 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: Japan's Desperate Military Situation, April to July 1945 -- 1. Japan's Peace Moves: Tojo and Koiso Cabinets -- 2. Truman and the A-Bombs -- 3. Ending the War: The American Point of View -- 4. The Potsdam Conference -- 5. The Atomic Bombings -- 6. The First Imperial Decision -- 7. The Second Imperial Decision and Its Aftermath -- 8. Recapitulation and Analysis
Analysis Japan
Nuclear weapons Bombs
United States
World War 2
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-173) and index
Subject Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
Atomic bomb.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140097
LC no. 95042965
ISBN 0275954757 (hardcover : alk. paper)