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Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan

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An edition of Prompt and utter destruction (1997)

Prompt and Utter Destruction

Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan

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More than fifty years later, the decision that brought prompt and utter destruction to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki continues to generate enormous interest and controversy. In this concise and balanced account, J. Samuel Walker offers a new look at the events and circumstances that lay behind President Truman's use of atomic bombs against Japan.

Combining extensive documentary research with a critical reading of both American and Japanese scholarship, Walker examines the popular mythology about how the decision was made, delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time and evaluating the role of U.S.-Soviet relations and American domestic politics.

Rising above an often polemical debate, he presents an accessible synthesis of previous work and an important, original contribution to our understanding of the events that ushered in the atomic age.

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Prompt and utter destruction: Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan / Samuel J. Walker.
2005, University of North Carolina Press
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Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan
December 22, 2004, The University of North Carolina Press
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Prompt and utter destruction: Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan
1997, University of North Carolina Press
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First Sentence

"Despite an expression that suggested fatigue and strain, President Harry S. Truman strode briskly into the meeting he had ordered with his most trusted advisers."

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
160
Dimensions
9.6 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
Weight
6.4 ounces

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OL7972983M
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080785607X
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9780807856079
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239331
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Despite an expression that suggested fatigue and strain, President Harry S. Truman strode briskly into the meeting he had ordered with his most trusted advisers.
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