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Prompt and Utter Destruction, Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan by J. Samuel Walker is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Prompt and Utter Destruction, Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan about?
Combining extensive documentary research with a critical reading of both American and Japanese scholarship, Walker examines the popular mythology about how the decision was made, delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time and evaluating the role of U.S.-Soviet relations and American domestic politics.
Who reads Prompt and Utter Destruction, Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- J. Samuel Walker
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780807823613
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Language Learning, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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