The Most Controversial Decision Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan

• Main Author: Miscamble, Wilson D.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ; Tokyo Cambridge University Press 11.04.2011
• Edition: 1
• Series: Cambridge Essential Histories
• Subjects: 1884-1972; Atomic bomb; Atomic bomb > History; Atomic bomb > Moral and ethical aspects; Bombardment, 1945; Decision making; Diplomacy; Ethics; Hiroshima-shi (Japan); Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Moral and ethical aspects; History; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century bisacsh; Japan; Military history; Military leadership; Military policy; Moral and ethical aspects; Morality; Nagasaki-shi (Japan); Nagasaki-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Moral and ethical aspects; Nuclear weapons; Political history; Truman, Harry S; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 > Military leadership; U.S.A; United States; United States > Military policy > Decision making; World War Two

This book explores the American use of atomic bombs and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision-making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on notable archival resea...