Bridging the atomic divide : debating Japan-US attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Harry J. Wray and Seishiro Sugihara ; translated by Norman Hu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wray, Harry, 1931- author.

Standardized Title:

Nihonjin no genbaku toka ron wa konomama de yoi no ka. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Atomic bomb--Moral and ethical aspects.

Atomic bomb.

Capitulations, Military.

History.

Military policy.

Decision making.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan).

Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.

Nagasaki-shi (Japan).

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Historiography.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

Diplomatic history.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

Japan.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

Japan--Military policy--Decision making.

United States--Military policy--Decision making.

Capitulations, Military--Japan--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xvi, 321 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Debating Japan-US attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2019]

Summary:

"In this study, two scholars examine historical perceptions of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Structured as a balanced dialogue, the authors analyze how the attacks are remembered by Japanese and others as well as the various debates surrounding the bombings."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Descent into inhumanity

The unconditional surrender formula and limited alternatives to atomic bombs : pros and cons

The Potsdam Declaration: a missed opportunity by Japan to avoid atomic bombings and a Soviet entry

That "final decisive battle"

The role of decrypted messages

Japan's decision to wage a final decisive battle produced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first of the "triple shocks"

Two shocks in one day

Militants' intransigent response: extinction before surrender

Contentious issues surrounding the atomic bombings, the mistaken "atomic diplomacy" thesis, and its impact on Japanese textbooks

Conclusion

Appendix A: Supplemental commentary

diplomacy at start and end of Japan-US war, and subsequent problems

Appendix B: regarding Wray's examination of the Pearl Harbor issue

Appendix C: The historical significance of President Obama's visit to Hiroshima

Afterword.

Notes:

"Originally published: Nihonjin no genbaku toka ron wa konomama de yoi no ka: genbaku toka wo meguru Nichi-Bei no hajimete no taiwa by Nisshin Hodo, 2015."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wray, Harry, 1931- Bridging the atomic divide.

ISBN:

9781498593212

1498593216

OCLC:

1057231356