Prompt and Utter Destruction
Subtitle: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 22, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780807856079
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War; Battles & campaigns; Nuclear weapons; United States - 20th Century/WWII; Military; History; History - Military / War; Japan; USA; Military - Nuclear Warfare; Military - World War II; History / Military / World War II; History-Military - Nuclear Warfare; History-United States - 20th Century/WWII; World War II; Enola Gay; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; U.S.-Soviet relations; atomic age; Harry S Truman; atomic bomb; International Relations - Diplomacy
First sentence: Despite an expression that suggested fatigue and strain, President Harry S. Truman strode briskly into the meeting he had ordered with his most trusted advisers.