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Online-Ressource ( XII, 174 S.)
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Ill., Kt.
ISBN:
9786613110831
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9781283110839
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9781139075015
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9780521514194
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9780521735360
Serie:
Cambridge essential histories
Inhalt:
"This book explores the American use of atomic bombs, and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on notable archival research, and the best and most recent scholarship on the subject to fashion an incisive overview that is fair and forceful in its judgments. This study addresses a subject that has been much debated among historians, and it confronts head-on the highly disputed claim that the Truman administration practiced atomic diplomacy. The book goes beyond its central historical analysis to ask whether it was morally right for the United States to use these terrible weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It also provides a balanced evaluation of the relationship between atomic weapons and the origins of the Cold War"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction : the most controversial decisionFranklin Roosevelt, the Manhattan Project, and the development of the atomic bomb -- Harry Truman, Henry Stimson, and atomic briefings -- James F. Byrnes, the atomic bomb, and the Pacific War -- The Potsdam Conference, the Trinity test, and 'atomic diplomacy' -- Hiroshima, the Japanese, and the Soviets -- The Japanese surrender -- Necessary, but was It right? -- Byrnes, the Soviets, and the American atomic monopoly -- The atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War.
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ISBN 052173536X
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ISBN 0521514193
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ISBN 9780521735360
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ISBN 9780521514194
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Miscamble, Wilson D., 1954 - The most controversial decision Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011 ISBN 052173536X
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ISBN 0521514193
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ISBN 9780521735360
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ISBN 9780521514194
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Truman, Harry S. 1884-1972
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Zweiter Weltkrieg
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Atombombenabwurf auf Hiroshima
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Atombombenabwurf auf Nagasaki
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