Hiroshima : why America dropped the atomic bomb
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? 1st American ed. 193 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Takaki, Ronald T., 1939-2009.
- NIOD Bibliotheek
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- ocm32312225
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.
- Atomic bomb--United States--History.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
- Strategy.
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