The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

Sommario

Introduction: Japan's Desperate Military Situation, April to August 1945
Japan's Peace Moves
Truman and the A-Bombs
Ending the War: The American Point of View
The Postdam Conference
The Atomic Bombings
The First Imperial Decision
The Second Imperial Decision and Aftermath
Recapitulation and Analysis
References
Selected Bibliography
Index

Info autore

DENNIS D. WAINSTOCK is an Associate Professor of History at Salem-Teikyo University in Salem, West Virginia. His teaching interests include American foreign policy, American politics and government, the Far East, the Middle East, and African-American history. He is the author of The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb (Praeger, 1996).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dennis Wainstock, Dennis D. Wainstock
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 17 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.05.1996
• EAN: 9780275954758
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95475-8
• Pagine: 192
• Peso: 425 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; USA, Japan, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, military history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Political structure & processes, Second World War, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Asian History, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, Political structure and processes, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General