Author : Leon V. Sigal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013113959
Fighting to a Finish by Leon V. Sigal Pdf
When the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, most Americans rejoiced that the strategy hastened the surrender of Japan. Shortly thereafter questions emerged about necessity and morality of the nuclear attacks and whether the bombings should be seen as the end of World War II or as the beginning of the Cold War. The author skillfully untangles bureaucratic conflicts in U.S. and Japanese governments to show how U.S. demands for unconditional surrender and the agonized Japanese response delayed the war's end--Publisher's description.