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The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth, Gar Alperovitz, with assistance of Sanho Tree ... [et al.]
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- Summary
- One of the most controversial issues absorbing America today: Was it necessary to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Fifty years after the fateful summer of 1945, we are still debating Harry Truman's decision. Now, in an exhaustive, thoroughly documented study of the events of that time, Gar Alperovitz makes plain why the United States did not need to deploy the bomb, how Truman was advised of alternatives to it by nearly every civilian and military adviser, and how his final decision was later justified by what amounted to a deception - the claim that the action saved half a million to a million American soldiers who might otherwise have died in an invasion. Alperovitz demonstrates that Japan was close to surrender, that it was profoundly threatened by the prospect of Soviet entry into the war, and that American leaders knew the end was near. Military commanders like Eisenhower, Arnold, and Leahy saw no need to use the bomb; most of Truman's key Cabinet members urged a clarification of the position of Japan's Emperor to speed surrender. But the inexperienced president listened most intently to his incoming secretary of state, James F. Byrnes, and Byrnes was convinced the bomb would be an important diplomatic instrument in dealing with the Soviets
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 847 pages)
- Contents
-
- The decision
- Unconditional surrender
- Russian option
- Atomic diplomacy - James F. Byrnes
- Potsdam
- "Military necessity"
- Endgame
- Myth
- Henry L. Stimson
- President Harry S. Truman
- James F. Byrnes
- Managing history
- Label
- The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth
- Title
- The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth
- Statement of responsibility
- Gar Alperovitz, with assistance of Sanho Tree ... [et al.]
- Subject
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- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
- Japan
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
- Politische Entscheidung
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
- Geschichte 1945
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- USA
- Strategy
- Atombombenabwurf
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- One of the most controversial issues absorbing America today: Was it necessary to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Fifty years after the fateful summer of 1945, we are still debating Harry Truman's decision. Now, in an exhaustive, thoroughly documented study of the events of that time, Gar Alperovitz makes plain why the United States did not need to deploy the bomb, how Truman was advised of alternatives to it by nearly every civilian and military adviser, and how his final decision was later justified by what amounted to a deception - the claim that the action saved half a million to a million American soldiers who might otherwise have died in an invasion. Alperovitz demonstrates that Japan was close to surrender, that it was profoundly threatened by the prospect of Soviet entry into the war, and that American leaders knew the end was near. Military commanders like Eisenhower, Arnold, and Leahy saw no need to use the bomb; most of Truman's key Cabinet members urged a clarification of the position of Japan's Emperor to speed surrender. But the inexperienced president listened most intently to his incoming secretary of state, James F. Byrnes, and Byrnes was convinced the bomb would be an important diplomatic instrument in dealing with the Soviets
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alperovitz, Gar
- Dewey number
- 940.54/25
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D769.2
- LC item number
- .A5 1995
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Tree, Sanho
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Strategy
- World War, 1939-1945
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
- United States
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Atombombenabwurf
- Politische Entscheidung
- USA
- Japan
- Label
- The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth, Gar Alperovitz, with assistance of Sanho Tree ... [et al.]
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [785]-811) and index
- Contents
- The decision -- Unconditional surrender -- Russian option -- Atomic diplomacy - James F. Byrnes -- Potsdam -- "Military necessity" -- Endgame -- Myth -- Henry L. Stimson -- President Harry S. Truman -- James F. Byrnes -- Managing history
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 847 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1029045434
- Label
- The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth, Gar Alperovitz, with assistance of Sanho Tree ... [et al.]
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [785]-811) and index
- Contents
- The decision -- Unconditional surrender -- Russian option -- Atomic diplomacy - James F. Byrnes -- Potsdam -- "Military necessity" -- Endgame -- Myth -- Henry L. Stimson -- President Harry S. Truman -- James F. Byrnes -- Managing history
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 847 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1029045434
Subject
- Atombombenabwurf
- Geschichte 1945
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- Japan
- Politische Entscheidung
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Strategy
- USA
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
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