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Author : Robert Jay Lifton
Release : 1995
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Hiroshima in America by : Robert Jay Lifton
Download or read book Hiroshima in America written by Robert Jay Lifton. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that information and debate about President Truman's decision to drop the bomb on Japan have been suppressed in order to prevent criticism of America.
Author : Robert J. Lifton
Release : 1996-08-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Hiroshima in America by : Robert J. Lifton
Download or read book Hiroshima in America written by Robert J. Lifton. This book was released on 1996-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the events surrounding the Hiroshima bombing focuses on its affects in America, considering the cover-up efforts by the government and linking the bombing to current insensitivities toward violence.
Author : Ronald Takaki
Release : 1996-09-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 246/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hiroshima by : Ronald Takaki
Download or read book Hiroshima written by Ronald Takaki. This book was released on 1996-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unresolved. At the time, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Douglas MacArthur, and chief of staff Admiral William Leahy all agreed that an atomic attack on Japanese cities was unnecessary. All of them believed that Japan had already been beaten and that the war would soon end. Was the bomb dropped to end the war more quickly? Or did it herald the start of the Cold War? In his probing new study, prizewinning historian Ronald Takaki explores these factors and more. He considers the cultural context of race - the ways in which stereotypes of the Japanese influenced public opinion and policymakers - and also probes the human dimension. Relying on top secret military reports, diaries, and personal letters, Takaki relates international policies to the individuals involved: Los Alamos director J. Robert Oppenheimer, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and others... but above all, Harry Truman.
Author : Rinjiro Sodei
Release : 2018-05-04
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 771/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Were We The Enemy? American Survivors Of Hiroshima by : Rinjiro Sodei
Download or read book Were We The Enemy? American Survivors Of Hiroshima written by Rinjiro Sodei. This book was released on 2018-05-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1945, the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What is hardly known is that 4,000 Nisei (Japanese Americans), the sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants who had been sent back to Japan to be educated before World War II erupted, were caught in the Hiroshima bombing. This extraordinary book commemorates the 3,000 Nisei who died from the atomic blast in Hiroshima and documents the plight of another 1,000 hibakusha (survivors of the bomb) who returned to the West Coast after the war.Branded as ?foreigners? in wartime Japan and as ?enemies? in postwar United States, their existence as victims of the atomic blast has not been recognized by either the Japanese or the U.S. government, both of which have refused to alleviate the medical and political problems of the survivors. Drawing on primary sources and rich interview data, Rinjiro Sodei has contributed an original scholarly work to the literature on World War II and the Asian-American experience. This book bears witness to the human calamities of the nuclear age and to the dignity of these Japanese Americans striving to obtain their rights and sustain their bicultural identity.
Author : Kenneth B. Pyle
Release : 2024-06-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 471/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hiroshima and the Historians by : Kenneth B. Pyle
Download or read book Hiroshima and the Historians written by Kenneth B. Pyle. This book was released on 2024-06-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been considered the most important – and perhaps most controversial - event in twentieth-century history. It ushered in many of the major developments of our time: the end of World War II, the beginning of the atomic age, the establishment of the American world order, and the start of the Cold War arms race. Kenneth B. Pyle illuminates both the complexities of the event itself and the debates among historians that continue today, as they wrestle with the moral issues of the decision, its necessity and its alternatives. While producing no final resolution to the controversy, historians have nevertheless advanced and deepened our understanding of this event. This accessible and thought-provoking analysis is a case study in the intricate nature of the historian's craft and a reminder of the value of historians in a free society.
