The Decision to Use the Atomic BombWith a new preface by the author Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Alperovitz criticizes one of the most hotly debated precursory events to the Cold War, an event that was largely responsible for the evolution of post-World War II American politics and culture. |
Contents
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To June 18 1945 | 47 |
June 18 1945 | 62 |
From June 18 to July 2 1945 | 73 |
The Russian Option | 81 |
Phase II April 1945 | 96 |
Navy Initiatives | 390 |
Mokusatsu | 400 |
Race to the Finish | 410 |
The End of the War | 416 |
BOOK TWO 42I The Myth | 421 |
Introductory Note | 423 |
Henry L Stimson | 425 |
A Direct Approach to Russia | 427 |
Phase III The New Reality | 111 |
Atomic Diplomacy | 125 |
Postponing a Confrontation with Stalin | 138 |
The Interim Committee | 155 |
The Second Track and Asia | 173 |
The Concerned Scientists | 185 |
James F Byrnes | 193 |
Sly and Able Policies | 206 |
The Shadow of Yalta | 215 |
Potsdam | 221 |
To the Big Three Meeting | 223 |
Clear Alternatives First Decisions | 239 |
Removing the Soviet Blackout from Europe | 249 |
Second Decision | 266 |
The Bomb and Germany | 276 |
Third Decision | 292 |
Theories and Choices | 302 |
Unanswerable Questions | 312 |
Military Necessity | 319 |
Navy Leaders | 321 |
Air Force Leaders | 334 |
Army Leaders | 350 |
Additional Perspectives | 366 |
Endgame | 373 |
Relations of Frankness | 375 |
A Thin Line of Criticism | 437 |
A Mere Recital of the Facts | 448 |
An Exact Description | 458 |
We Have Followed the Record | 472 |
Omissions Merely for Brevity | 486 |
President Harry S Truman | 499 |
The Man from Missouri | 501 |
Main Elements of the Official Rationale | 515 |
Nagasaki and Year of Decisions | 531 |
Certain Classes of Papers | 543 |
The Most Terrible Bomb The Most Terrible Thing | 562 |
James F Byrnes 57 1 | 571 |
Disappearing Fromand Revising History | 573 |
Managing History | 589 |
Leslie R Groves | 591 |
Censorship and Secrecy Rules and Exceptions | 609 |
Final Perspectives | 623 |
The Complicity of Silence | 627 |
Questions Issues and Major Theories Concerning the Use of the Atomic Bomb | 643 |
Byrnes Activities April to July 1945 | 669 |
Notes | 671 |
Selected Bibliography | 785 |
Acknowledgments | 813 |
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