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Hiroshima in history [electronic resource] : the myths of revisionism / edited with an introduction by Robert James Maddox.

Contributor(s): Maddox, Robert James | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007Description: vi, 213 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Historiography | Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 940.54/2521954 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Gar Alperovitz: godfather of Hiroshima revisionism / Robert James Maddox -- The shock of the atomic bomb and Japan's decision to surrender--a reconsideration / Sadao Asada -- Intelligence forecasting for the invasion of Japan: previews of hell / Edward J. Drea -- "A score of bloody Okinawas and Iwo Jimas": President Truman and casualty estimates for the invasion of Japan / D.M. Giangreco -- Half a million purple hearts / D.M. Giangreco and Kathryn Moore -- Advocacy or assessment? The United States strategic bombing survey of Germay and Japan / Gian Peri Gentile -- Hiroshima and the trashing of Henry Stimson / Robert P. Newman -- Enola Gay at Air and Space: anonymity, hypocrisy, ignorance / Robert P. Newman -- Racing the enemy: a critical look / Michael Kort.
Summary: "Analysis of Truman's decision to use nuclear arms against Japan through essays written by military and diplomatic historians"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gar Alperovitz: godfather of Hiroshima revisionism / Robert James Maddox -- The shock of the atomic bomb and Japan's decision to surrender--a reconsideration / Sadao Asada -- Intelligence forecasting for the invasion of Japan: previews of hell / Edward J. Drea -- "A score of bloody Okinawas and Iwo Jimas": President Truman and casualty estimates for the invasion of Japan / D.M. Giangreco -- Half a million purple hearts / D.M. Giangreco and Kathryn Moore -- Advocacy or assessment? The United States strategic bombing survey of Germay and Japan / Gian Peri Gentile -- Hiroshima and the trashing of Henry Stimson / Robert P. Newman -- Enola Gay at Air and Space: anonymity, hypocrisy, ignorance / Robert P. Newman -- Racing the enemy: a critical look / Michael Kort.

"Analysis of Truman's decision to use nuclear arms against Japan through essays written by military and diplomatic historians"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.