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Prompt and utter destruction: Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan

J. Samuel Walker
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Publication:
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2004]
Copyright:
©2004

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Table of Contents:
  • A categorical choice?
  • The most terrible weapon ever known
  • The prospects for victory, June 1945
  • Paths to victory
  • Truman and the bomb at Potsdam
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Hiroshima in history
  • Chronology: key events of 1945 relating to the Pacific war.
Author/Creator:
Walker, J. Samuel
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Prompt and utter destruction: Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan [by Walker, J.S.]
Alternate Titles:
Cover title: Prompt & utter destruction
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 — United States
World War, 1939-1945 — Japan
Atomic bomb
United States — Foreign relations — Japan — 1945-1953
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
World War (1939-1945)
1939-1953
Diplomatic relations
United States
Japan
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-136) and index.
Physical Description:
xv, 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Numbers:
D767.25.H6 W355 2004
ISBNs:
080785607X (pbk.)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
96052038 [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:
57582981