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Takaki, Ronald
by Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0316831220
- ISBN 13
- 9780316831222
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About This Item
Boston. 1995. August 1995. Little Brown. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0316831220. 194 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Steve Snider. keywords: Hiroshima History America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unresolved. At the time, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Douglas MacArthur, and chief of staff Admiral William Leahy all agreed that an atomic attack on Japanese cities was unnecessary. All of them believed that Japan had already been beaten and that the war would soon end. Was the bomb dropped to end the war more quickly? Or did it herald the start of the Cold War? In his probing new study, prizewinning historian Ronald Takaki explores these factors and more. He considers the cultural context of race - the ways in which stereotypes of the Japanese influenced public opinion and policymakers - and also probes the human dimension. Relying on top secret military reports, diaries, and personal letters, Takaki relates international policies to the individuals involved: Los Alamos director J. Robert Oppenheimer, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and others, but above all, Harry Truman. inventory #21477 ISBN: 0316831220.
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- Zeno's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21477
- Title
- Takaki, Ronald
- Author
- Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316831220
- ISBN 13
- 9780316831222
- Publisher
- Little, Brown And Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- 1995
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