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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154569003321

Autore

Winters Francis X.

Titolo

Remembering Hiroshima : was it just? / / Francis X. Winters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-90451-5

1-138-26012-6

1-315-24459-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Justice, international law and global security

Disciplina

940.542521954

Soggetti

Atomic bomb - Moral and ethical aspects

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945 Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. A comet, a tsunami, a cloud : the drama of United States-Japan relations, 1853-1941 -- 2. The ballet of blood : the final struggles between Japan and the United States : Iwo Jima and Okinawa -- 3. Deus ex Machina : Hirohito intervenes to demand surrender -- 4. Truman decides -- 5. The crucible of conscience : five judgements on Hiroshima.