The most controversial decision : Truman, the atomic bombs, and the defeat of Japan, Wilson D. Miscamble

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The most controversial decision : Truman, the atomic bombs, and the defeat of Japan, Wilson D. Miscamble

Title remainder

Truman, the atomic bombs, and the defeat of Japan

Statement of responsibility

Wilson D. Miscamble

Instantiates

• The most controversial decision : Truman, the atomic bombs, and the defeat of Japan

Publication

• New York, Cambridge University Press, 2011

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Introduction: the most controversial decision -- Franklin Roosevelt, the Manhattan Project, and the development of the atomic bomb -- Harry Truman, Henry Stimson, and atomic briefings -- James F. Byrnes, the atomic bomb, and the Pacific War -- The Potsdam Conference, the Trinity test, and 'atomic diplomacy' -- Hiroshima, the Japanese, and the Soviets -- The Japanese surrender -- Necessary, but was It right? -- Byrnes, the Soviets, and the American atomic monopoly -- The atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War

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ocn678924375

Dimensions

23 cm.

Extent

xii, 174 pages

Isbn

9780521735360

Lccn

2010045937

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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illustrations, map

Record ID

u93360

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• (Sirsi) i9780521735360
• (OCoLC)678924375