Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan by J. Samuel Walker

Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan

J. Samuel Walker

160 pages • first pub 1997 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative tense fast-paced
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In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, ...

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