Did the atomic bomb cause the surrender of Japan? : an alternative explanation of the end of World War II /
In this provocative book Hallett argues that dropping the atomic bomb on Japan had no impact on their surrender to America. What was more important was the threat of a Soviet and American invasion, and the Japanese government preferred to deal with America rather than have the Soviets turn the count...
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| Published: | Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2013. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Did the atomic bomb cause the surrender of Japan? : |b an alternative explanation of the end of World War II / |c Brien Hallett ; with a foreword by George Simson. |
| 260 | |a Lewiston, N.Y. : |b Edwin Mellen Press, |c 2013. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a DID THE ATOMIC BOMB CAUSE THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN? An Alternative Explanation of the End of World War II; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; "Of Deaths Put on by Cunning and Forced Cause"; How many Lives Were Saved?; Did the Bombs Force Japan to Surrender; How Could It Happen? A Subjective Answer; Who Did It?; Truman: The Archfiend?; How Could It Have Happened? An Objective Answer; A Radically Banal Evil; A Failure of Imagination; The Past as Future; References; Index. | |
| 520 | |a In this provocative book Hallett argues that dropping the atomic bomb on Japan had no impact on their surrender to America. What was more important was the threat of a Soviet and American invasion, and the Japanese government preferred to deal with America rather than have the Soviets turn the country communist. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were certainly evil, but how evil? Evil in which way? Conventionally, their evil has been explained away by repeating that the atomic bombings?ended the war to save lives.? If true, the evil was not truly evil. In this book, Professor Hall. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Capitulations, Military |z Japan |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Armistices. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Military policy |x Decision making. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Atomic bomb. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |z Japan. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Hiroshima-shi (Japan) |x History |y Bombardment, 1945. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Nagasaki-shi (Japan) |x History |y Bombardment, 1945. | |
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