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Table of Contents:

• Introduction: "Its Use Must Weigh Heavily on Our Minds and on Our Hearts"
• 1. The Education of Henry L. Stimson
• 2. The Road to Pearl Harbor
• 3. "A Most Terrible Thing"
• 4. "The International Situation"
• 5. The Ordeal of Henry L. Stimson
• 6. Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Way of Potsdam
• 7. The Last Full Measure
• 8. "The Full Enumeration of the Steps in the Tragedy"
• Conclusion: "A Grave and Continuing Responsibility"

Author/Creator:

Malloy, Sean L. (Sean Langdon), 1972-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Atomic tragedy: Henry L. Stimson and the decision to use the bomb against Japan [by Malloy, S.L.]

Subjects:

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

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

Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950

Atomic bomb — Moral and ethical aspects — United States

World War, 1939-1945 — United States

World War, 1939-1945 — Japan

United States — Military policy — Decision making

Bombardment of Nagasaki-shi (Nagasaki-shi, Japan : 1945)

Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Hiroshima-shi, Japan : 1945)

World War (1939-1945)

1939-1945

Atomic bomb — Moral and ethical aspects

Military policy — Decision making

Atomic bomb

United States

Japan — Hiroshima-shi

Japan

Japan — Nagasaki-shi

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-225) and index.

Physical Description:

xi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

D767.25.H6 M26 2008

ISBNs:

9780801446542 (cloth, alk. paper)
0801446546 (cloth, alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2007048069

OCLC Numbers:

465464410
181602146 [Invalid]