Bibliograph

Hiroshima: the decision to use the A-bomb

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Hiroshima: the decision to use the A-bomb

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hiroshima: the decision to use the A-bomb

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

393019

Series statement

Scribner research anthologies

Table Of Contents

Year of decision / Harry S. Truman -- The atomic bomb and the surrender of Japan / Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy -- 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 -- 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 -- The cause of Japan / Shigenori Togo -- Invitation to surrender / Toshikazu Kase -- The political target under assault / The United States Strategic Bombing Survey -- 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?

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