The decision to use the atomic bomb : and the architecture of an American myth

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Label

The decision to use the atomic bomb : and the architecture of an American myth

Title remainder

and the architecture of an American myth

Statement of responsibility

by Gar Alperovitz ; with the assistance of Sanho Tree, Edward Rouse Winstead, [et al.]

Creator

• Alperovitz, Gar

Subject

• Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
• Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
• Strategy
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
• Atomic bomb -- History
• World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union

Language

eng

Summary

The author contends that President Truman ordered the bombing of Japan against the advice of nearly every civilian and military adviser, with the exception of the incoming secretary of state, James F. Byrnes, who was convinced the bomb would be an important diplomatic instrument in dealing with the Soviets

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.54/25

Index

index present

LC call number

D769.2

LC item number

.A5 1995

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography