Truman and the Hiroshima cult

by Newman, Robert P.

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Full title :Truman and the Hiroshima cult / Robert P. Newman.

Summary

The United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 to end World War II as quickly and with as few casualties as possible. That is the compelling and elegantly simple argument Robert Newman puts forward in his controversial new study of World War II's end, Truman and the Hiroshima Cult. Simply stated, Newman argues that Truman made a sensible military decision. As commander in chief, he was concerned with ending a devastating and costly war as quickly as possible and with saving millions of lives.

Yet, Newman goes further in his discussion, seeking the reasons why so much hostility has been generated by what happened in the skies over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August 1945. The source of discontent, he concludes, is a "cult" that has grown up in the United States since the 1960s. It was weaned on the disillusionment spawned by concerns about a military industrial complex, American duplicity and failure in the Vietnam War, and a mistrust of government following Watergate. The cult has a shrine, a holy day, a distinctive rhetoric of victimization, various items of scripture and, in Japan, support from a powerful Marxist constituency.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Michigan State University Press
Place of Publication:East Lansing
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (xv, 272 p.).

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oclc:ocn872125225
LC Classification:D767.25.N3
Dewey Decimal:940.54/25

1. Why Did Truman Drop the Bomb? -- 2. Was Japan Ready to Surrender? -- 3. Was the Policy of Unconditional Surrender Justified? -- 4. Why No Warning or Demonstration? -- 5. Was a Second Bomb Necessary to End the War? -- 6. Was Dropping these Bombs Morally Justified? -- 7. Why Has the "Japan-as-Victim" Myth Been So Attractive? -- 8. What if the Bomb Had Not Been Used?

Subjects

Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspect… Diplomatic relations e-books États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- … Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Japon Guerre nucléaire -- Aspect moral -- Éta… Hiroshima (Japon) -- Histoire -- 1945 (… Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bom… History Japan -- Hiroshima-shi Japan -- Nagasaki-shi Kernwapens Livres électroniques Livres numériques Military policy -- Moral and ethical as… Nagasaki (Japon) -- Histoire -- 1945 (B… Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bomb… Politieke besluitvorming Soviet Union