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"Many myths have grown up around President Harry S. Truman's decision to use nuclear weapons against Imperial Japan. In destroying these myths, Truman and the Bomb will discomfort both Truman's critics and his supporters, and force historians to reexamine what they think they know abo...

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Autor principal: Giangreco, D. M., 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
Military policy > Decision making.
Military campaigns.
Diplomatic relations.
Atomic bomb.
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General.
World War, 1939-1945 > Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
Atomic bomb > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Japan.
United States.
Soviet Union.
Japan > Nagasaki-shi.
Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Japan.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
United States > Military policy > Decision making.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Debate
  • The Manhattan Project : what did Truman know and when did he know it?
  • Projects Milepost and Hula : America's hidden role in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria
  • Roosevelt, Stalin, and Poland : the Teheran, Moscow, and Yalta Conferences
  • A new president : "The storm broke almost at once"
  • Truman's White House meeting : "My hardest decision"
  • "I've gotten what I came for" : Potsdam, the bomb, and Soviet entry into the War.

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