Hiroshima in history [electronic resource] : the myths of revisionism / edited with an introduction by Robert James Maddox.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.Description: vi, 213 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 940.54/2521954 22
LOC classification:
  • D767.25.H6 H6335 2007eb
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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.
Summary: "Analysis of Truman's decision to use nuclear arms against Japan through essays written by military and diplomatic historians"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"Analysis of Truman's decision to use nuclear arms against Japan through essays written by military and diplomatic historians"--Provided by publisher.

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