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UNINA9910781571803321 |
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Autore |
Newman Robert P |
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Titolo |
Truman and the Hiroshima cult [[electronic resource] /] / Robert P. Newman |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1995 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) |
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Collana |
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MSU Press rhetoric and public affairs series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Japan - Hiroshima-shi |
World War, 1939-1945 - Japan - Nagasaki-shi |
Atomic bomb - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945 |
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945 |
United States Military policy Moral and ethical aspects |
United States Foreign relations Soviet Union |
Soviet Union Foreign relations United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; 1. Why Did Truman Drop the Bomb?; 2. Was Japan Ready to Surrender?; 3. Was the Policy of Unconditional Surrender Justified?; 4. Why No Warning or Demonstration?; 5. Was a Second Bomb Necessary to End the War?; 6. Was Dropping these Bombs Morally Justified?; 7. Why Has the ""Japan-as-Victim"" Myth Been So Attractive?; 8. What if the Bomb Had Not Been Used?; Notes; Chronology; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 to end World War II as quickly and with as few casualties as possible. That is the compelling and elegantly simple argument Newman puts forward in his new study of World War II's end, Truman and the Hiroshima Cult. According to Newman: (1) The U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey conclusions that Japan was ready to surrender without ""the Bomb"" are fraudulent; (2) America's ""unconditional surrender"" doctrine did not significantly prolong the war; and (3) President Harry S. Truman's decision to use atomic weapons on Japanese cities was not a |
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