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Prompt and Utter Destruction, Third Edition: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs

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ISBN: 9781469628974

Book Title: Prompt and Utter Destruction, Third Edition : Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Item Length: 9.2 in

Edition: 3

Publication Year: 2016

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Illustrator: Yes

Item Height: 0.4 in

Author: J. Samuel Walker

Features: New Edition

Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Topic: Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, International Relations / Diplomacy

Item Weight: 8 Oz

Item Width: 6.1 in

Number of Pages: 160 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

ISBN-10

146962897X

ISBN-13

9781469628974

eBay Product ID (ePID)

10038375128

Product Key Features

Edition

Book Title

Prompt and Utter Destruction, Third Edition : Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan

Number of Pages

160 Pages

Language

English

Topic

Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, International Relations / Diplomacy

Publication Year

2016

Features

New Edition

Illustrator

Yes

Genre

Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Author

J. Samuel Walker

Format

Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height

0.4 in

Item Weight

8 Oz

Item Length

9.2 in

Item Width

6.1 in

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Intended Audience

Trade

LCCN

2018-300485

Reviews

Praise 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

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Edition Description

New Edition

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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 options available for ending the war with Japan. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade 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. From the debate about whether to invade or continue the conventional bombing of Japan to Tokyo's agonizing deliberations over surrender and the effects of both low- and high-level radiation exposure, Walker continues to shed light on one of the most earthshaking moments in history. Rising above an often polemical debate, the third edition presents an accessible synthesis of previous work and new research to help make sense of the events that ushered in the atomic age., In 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.

LC Classification Number

E814

2016

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