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Atomic tragedy : Henry L. Stimson and the decision to use the bomb against Japan / Sean L. Malloy.
Van Pelt Library D767.25.H6 M26 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malloy, Sean L. (Sean Langdon), 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military policy.
- Decision making.
- Atomic bomb--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Atomic bomb.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan).
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan).
- Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950.
- Stimson, Henry L.
- Atomic bomb--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
- United States--Military policy--Decision making.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction : "Its use must weigh heavily on our minds and on our hearts"
- The education of Henry L. Stimson
- The road to Pearl Harbor
- "A most terrible thing"
- "The international situation"
- The ordeal of Henry L. Stimson
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki by way of Potsdam
- The last full measure
- "The full enumeration of the steps in the tragedy"
- Conclusion : "a grave and continuing responsibility."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801446542
- 0801446546
- OCLC:
- 181602146
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