Description: Prompt and Utter Destruction : Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan: Easyread Large Edition, Paperback by Walker, J. Samuel, ISBN 1442994754, ISBN-13 9781442994751, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the roles of relations and of American domestic politics. In this new edition, Walker takes into account recent scholarship on the topic, including new information on the Japanese decision to surrender. He has also revised th to place more emphasis on the effect of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in convincing the emperor and his advisers to quit the war. Rising above an often polemical debate, Walker presents an accessible synthesis of previous work and an important, original contribution to our understanding of the events that ushered in the atomic age. J. Samuel Walker, historian of the . Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has published six other books on the history of American foreign policy and the history of nuclear energy.
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Book Title: Prompt and Utter Destruction : Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Readhowyouwant.Com, The Limited
Topic: Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.6 in
Features: Large Type
Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 18.3 Oz
Author: J. Samuel Walker
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
