Len Giovannitti, Fred Freed

The Decision to Drop the Bomb (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 1967, examines the circumstances and events that led to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, devastating Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The death of President Roosevelt three weeks before the end of the European war led to an incoming President, Truman, who had heard nothing of the project before taking office. He and his advisers had no precedents to guide them as they considered what to do, and withing their closely drawn circle there were genuine differences of opinion about the use of atomic weapons. This book traces the course of the discussions between the politicians and their technical advisers, the part played by personal relationships, and the attempt by some of the scientists to stop the bomb being used without warning. In addition, it supplies a thorough analysis of developments abroad, and in particular the situation in Japan. It shows that the debate in Washington and the atomic plants was careful and wide-ranging, and that issues are no less complex for being supremely important. The result is to provide both a study of decision-making and a valuable contribution to our understanding of the closing months of the Second World War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000458183
• Artikelnr.: 62641416

Autorenporträt

Len Giovannitti and Fred Freed

Inhaltsangabe

1. A New President 2. Briefing the President 3. The Interim Committee is
Created 4. The Problem of Defeating Japan 5. The Interim Committee Votes
Unanimously 6. The Question of a Demonstration 7. Defining Unconditional
Surrender 8. A Warning Proclamation Is Drafted 9. Japan Seeks Terms 10.
Controversy Among the Scientists 11. The Status of the Emperor 12. Zero
Hour at Trinity 13. Decisions at Potsdam 14. The Decision to Drop the Bomb
15. The Bomb is Dropped 16. Japan Receives a Double Blow 17. Japan Decides
to Surrender 18. Violent Aftermath in Tokyo