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Book SynopsisIn this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyses the reasons behind President Truman’s most controversial decision. In this new edition, Walker incorporates adecade of new research, mostly from Japanese archives only recently made available, that provides fresh insight on the strategic considerations that led to dropping the bomb.
Trade ReviewPraise for previous editions:
""Brief, lucidly written, and thoroughly documented, this book may well be the best existing report on the decision to use the bomb. Professional historians as well as undergraduates will find it fascinating.""-
Isis;
""So intelligent is Walker's book, so balanced, economical, lucid, and deeply informed, that those reading it will never again believe that the decision to drop the bomb was uncomplicated.""-
Technology & Culture;
""Walker's book is the most useful layman's synthesis of the debate in print.""-
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;
""The author's ability to cover the most important issues with economy . . . make[s] this an excellent addition to the literature, particularly useful for beginning students.""-
Foreign Affairs;
""Mature, confident scholarship, this is the best synthetic study of the use of the atomic bomb.""-
International History Review
