03283nam 2200673 a 450 991045736270332120200520144314.00-87013-940-1(CKB)2550000000065892(EBL)1757807(SSID)ssj0000566306(PQKBManifestationID)11354559(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566306(PQKBWorkID)10534477(PQKB)11498568(MiAaPQ)EBC3338187(OCoLC)604119024(MdBmJHUP)muse12686(Au-PeEL)EBL3338187(CaPaEBR)ebr10514577(OCoLC)923249781(EXLCZ)99255000000006589219950512d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrTruman and the Hiroshima cult[electronic resource] /Robert P. NewmanEast Lansing Michigan State University Press19951 online resource (xv, 272 pages)MSU Press rhetoric and public affairs seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-87013-403-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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 aRhetoric and public affairs series.World War, 1939-1945JapanHiroshima-shiWorld War, 1939-1945JapanNagasaki-shiAtomic bombMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesHiroshima-shi (Japan)HistoryBombardment, 1945Nagasaki-shi (Japan)HistoryBombardment, 1945United StatesMilitary policyMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesForeign relationsSoviet UnionSoviet UnionForeign relationsUnited StatesElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Atomic bombMoral and ethical aspects940.54/25Newman Robert P32189MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457362703321Truman and the Hiroshima cult2129246UNINA