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Atomic Tragedy: Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to Use the Bomb Against Japan

by Sean L. Malloy

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Book News Annotation:

Malloy (U. of California at Merced) explores the diplomatic, military, political, and scientific developments that led to the dropping of nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through the biographical window of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. The narrative, to a large extent, is about how the technical, political, diplomatic, military, and moral complexities led Stimson to violate his own standards of war, morality, and international relations. It is also about how there existed a large range of options concerning the bomb's potential use, now generally unacknowledged, including the choice not to use it all except as deterrence or to use it but not on civilian targets such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Unfortunately, three photographs purporting to be images of Hiroshima victims appear to in fact be images from the 1923 Kanto earthquake (an errata slip has been included in accordance). Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN:
9780801446542
Subtitle:
Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to Use the Bomb Against Japan
Author:
Malloy, Sean L.
Publisher:
Cornell University Press
Subject:
World war, 1939-1945
Subject:
History
Subject:
Military - World War II
Subject:
Military - Nuclear Warfare
Subject:
Military - United States
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Publication Date:
May 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
264
Dimensions:
9.26x6.62x.89 in. 1.04 lbs.

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