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Title Hiroshima in history : the myths of revisionism / edited with an introduction by Robert James Maddox.

Publication Info. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2007]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  940.5425 H668HI    Check Shelf
Description vi, 213 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- 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 Germany 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 -- About the contributors -- Index.
Summary "Analysis of Truman's decision to use nuclear arms against Japan through essays written by military and diplomatic historians"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Historiography.
Added Author Maddox, Robert James.
ISBN 9780826217325 hardback alkaline paper
082621732X hardback alkaline paper
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