Hiroshima : the decision to use the A-bomb /
Fogelman, Edwin,ed.
New York : Scribner,
c1964.
Includes bibliographical references.
Pt. 1. The decision-makers. Year of decision / Harry S. Truman -- The atomic bomb and the surrender of Japan / Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy -- Control of atomic energy / James F. Byrnes -- Atomic bombs, germs, and peace / William D. Leahy -- The emperor of Japan and Japan's surrender / Joseph C. Grew -- "A thousand years of regret" / Lewis L. Strauss -- Choosing the target / Leslie R. Groves -- Pt. 2. The scientists. In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer -- Choice / Arthur H. Compton -- A personal history of the bomb / Leo Szilard -- A report to the Secretary of War, June 1945 / The Committee of Social and Political Implications -- The fight over the A-bomb / Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey -- Pt. 3. The Japanese reaction. The cause of Japan / Shigenori Togo -- Invitation to surrender / Toshikazu Kase -- The political target under assault / The United States Strategic Bombing Survey -- Pt. 4. The bombing of Hiroshima in perspective. If the atomic bomb had not been used / Karl T. Compton -- The atomic bomb : the penalty of expediency / Hanson W. Baldwin -- The decision to use the bombs / Patrick M. S. Blackett -- Dropping the atomic bomb : right or wrong? / Robert Batchelder.
Nuclear warfare
Hiroshima: the decision to use the A-bomb.