{"product_id":"bridging-the-atomic-divide-9781498593236","title":"Bridging the Atomic Divide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Wray and Seishiro Sugihara transcend the one-sided Tokyo Trial view of the war in an effort to conduct a balanced exchange on historical perception. This will be of interest equally to both those inside and outside Japan who are perplexed by Japan's victimization consciousness. Through this impassioned and heartfelt dialogue, Wray challenges theories embraced by some Japanese who believe that the US simply used the atomic bombings to make the Soviet Union manageable in the Cold War, as alleged by the Hiroshima Peace Museum and in Japanese school history textbooks. They ask why it is the Japanese people don't recognize how the atomic bombings not only spared the further sacrifice of American and Japanese lives by accelerating the end of the war, but also prevented a wide-scale Soviet invasion of the Japanese mainland, had the war continued into the latter half of 1945. While early censorship of writings about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, both outright and self-imposed, continued throug\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Bridging the Atomic Divide: Debating Japan–U.S. Attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, veteran Japan scholars Harry Wray (now deceased) and Seishiro Sugihara consider, in remarkably fine-grained, blow-by-blow detail, the events of July and August of that fateful year. . . . remarkably, the first time that an American and a Japanese have gathered in a scholarly setting to hash out the myriad of views on the atomic bombings. . . . Anyone interested in history, or in History, will want to buy and read [this] powerful new [book]. * The Russell Kirk Center *\u003cbr\u003eThe act of interpretation is an integral part of human life, and therefore varies depending on an individual’s perspective. Although there can be only one set of historical facts, the interpretation of those facts may differ according to point of view. It is only natural then that the understanding of the dropping of the atomic bombs will also vary between the side which used them and the side on which they were used. Even so, a flawed understanding of historical fact will result in faulty interpretations, and a stubborn insistence on those unsound interpretations can lead to the corruption of the national moral code. This book presents the first dialogue between two scholars, one Japanese and one American, which tries to put an end to these flawed interpretations while acknowledging real differences in position. It represents a genuine reconciliation between Japan and the US over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -- Shigeki Kaizuka, Musashino University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword, Miyuki Wray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Japanese Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator’s Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Descent into Inhumanity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: The Unconditional Surrender Formula and Limited Alternatives to Atomic Bombs: Pros and Cons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: The Potsdam Declaration: A Missed Opportunity By Japan To Avoid Atomic Bombings and a Soviet Entry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: That “Final Decisive Battle”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: The Role of Decrypted Messages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Japan’s Decision to Wage a Final Decisive Battle Produced the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, the first of the “Triple Shocks”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Two Shocks in One Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Militants’ Intransigent Response: Extinction before Surrender\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Contentious Issues Surrounding the Atomic Bombings, the Mistaken “Atomic Diplomacy” Thesis, and its Impact on Japanese Textbooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Supplemental Commentary—Diplomacy at Start and End of Japan-US War, and Subsequent Problems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Regarding Wray’s Examination of the Pearl Harbor Issue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: The Historical Significance of President Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040864928087,"sku":"9781498593236","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498593236.jpg?v=1750948110","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bridging-the-atomic-divide-9781498593236","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}