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Hiroshima in history : the myths of revisionism / edited with an introduction by Robert James Maddox.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Historiography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Analysis of Truman's decision to use nuclear arms against Japan through essays written by military and diplomatic historians"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Gar Alperovitz: godfather of Hiroshima revisionism / Robert James Maddox
- The shock of the atomic bomb and Japan's decision to surrender
- a reconsideration / Sadao Asada
- Intelligence forecasting for the invasion of Japan: previews of hell / Edward J. Drea
- "A score of bloody Okinawas and Iwo Jimas": President Truman and casualty estimates for the invasion of Japan / D.M. Giangreco
- Half a million purple hearts / D.M. Giangreco and Kathryn Moore
- Advocacy or assessment? The United States strategic bombing survey of Germay and Japan / Gian Peri Gentile
- Hiroshima and the trashing of Henry Stimson / Robert P. Newman
- Enola Gay at Air and Space: anonymity, hypocrisy, ignorance / Robert P. Newman
- Racing the enemy: a critical look / Michael Kort.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-6587-1
- OCLC:
- 613401835
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