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Prompt and utter destruction : Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan
- Title
- Prompt and utter destruction : Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan / J. Samuel Walker.
- Author
- Walker, J. Samuel.
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 142 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Prompt & utter destruction
- Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-136) and index.
- Contents
- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface -- 1. A categorical choice? -- 2. The most terrible weapon ever known -- 3. The prospects for victory, June 1945 -- 4. Paths to victory -- 5. Truman and the bomb at Potsdam -- 6. Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- 7. Hiroshima in history -- Chronology : Key events of 1945 relating to the Pacific war -- Notes -- Essay on sources -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 05-2293
- ISBN
- 080785607X (pbk.)
- 9780807856079 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 57582981
- Author
- Walker, J. Samuel.
- Title
- Prompt and utter destruction : Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan / J. Samuel Walker.
- Imprint
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-136) and index.
- Cover Title
- Prompt & utter destruction
- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-2293