Truman and the Hiroshima Cult

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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 Newman puts forward in his new study of World War II's end, Truman and the Hiroshima Cult. According to Newman: (1) The U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey conclusions that Japan was ready to surrender without ""the Bomb"" are fraudulent; (2) America's ""unconditional surrender"" doctrine did not significantly prolong the w…

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Full title :Truman and the Hiroshima Cult.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (290 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0870134035, 9780870134036
oclc:ocn994502880
LC Classification:D767.25 .N3 N48 1995
Dewey Decimal:940.54/25

Preface; 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?; Notes; Chronology; Bibliography; Index.

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Atomic bomb Atomic bomb -- United States Bombe atomique -- États-Unis Ethics Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Aspect mo… Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Japon Japan -- Hiroshima-shi Japan -- Nagasaki-shi United States World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethic…