Prompt and utter destruction
Subtitle: Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan / Samuel J. Walker.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Description: "In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the roles of U.S.-Soviet relations and of American domestic politics. In this new edition, Walker takes into account recent scholarship on the topic, including new information on the Japanese decision to surrender. He has also revised the book to place more emphasis on the effect of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in convincing the emperor and his advisers to quit the war."--Jacket.