The decision to drop the atomic bomb

Dennis D. Wainstock

This work is a balanced account of the political, diplomatic and military currents that influenced Japan's attempts to surrender and the United States's decision to drop the atomic bomb. Based on extensive research in both the United States and Japan, this book allows the reader to follow the parallel decision-making in Tokyo and Washington that contributed to lost opportunities that might have allowed a less brutal conclusion to the war. Topics discussed and analysed include Japan's desperate military situation; its decision to look to the Soviet Union to mediate the conflict; the Manhattan Project; and the debates within Truman's Administration and the armed forces as to whether to modify unconditional surrender terms to include retention of Emperor Hirohito and whether to plan for the invasion of Japan's home islands or to rely instead on blockade and bombing to force surrender.

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[目次]

  • 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 Potsdam Conference
  • The Atomic Bombings
  • The First Imperial Decision
  • The Second Imperial Decision and Aftermath
  • Recapitulation and Analysis.

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書名 The decision to drop the atomic bomb
著作者等 Wainstock, Dennis
Wainstock Dennis D.
出版元 Praeger
刊行年月 1996
ページ数 x, 180 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 0275954757
NCID BA28493950
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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