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The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan Wilson D. Miscamble C.S.C.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Nagasaki Genocide against a defeated non-nuclear power. JQ: What are some of the decisions historians will critique and review in our own era? The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan. John Hersey's Hiroshima, first published in the •If ending the war quickly was the most important motivation of Truman and his advisers to what extent did they see an "atomic diplomacy" capability as a "bonus"? B-29 bombing raids were killing hundred of thousands, thus crossing the nuclear threshold in deaths. Posted on Aug 30, 2011 in Dennis Prager. I told Goldman to consult Wilson D. Wilson Miscamble, Professor of History at Notre Dame. The second Both print and electronic media explored the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II, but virtually ignored its most recent application, when Nagasaki's civilian population was decimated. Ever since the atomic bombs were exploded over Japanese cities, historians, social scientists, journalists, World War II veterans, and ordinary citizens have engaged in intense controversy about the events of August 1945. Like Iraq in Bush's era, the Korean War was hugely unpopular when Truman left office in 1953, and his decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan was at least as controversial as Bush's support for torture. Drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan (learning.blogs.nytimes.com); The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan (lukeford.net); Essay: Why Did We Drop the Bomb? In Class Scored Discussion: What were the options Truman and his advisers faced regarding the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan? At approximately 8.15am on 6 August 1945 an US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Although voices within the US Military expressed caution regarding the use of the new weapon against Japan, Truman was convinced that the bomb was the correct and only option. On his radio show today, Dennis Prager talks to Rev. Truman's threatening of the pastoralization of Japan, which was not dissimilar to the Morgenthau Plan for Germany, did not occur, but additional butchery and destruction were unleashed.