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Title: Hiroshima : Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb by Ronald Takaki ISBN: 0-316-83124-7 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.27 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A real eye-opener
Comment: Like many people, I managed to exist my formal schooling knowing very little about the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In preparation for an extended trip to Japan, I wanted to learn a little more about this important event.
Ronald Takaki does an excellent job encapsulating the political climate in the U.S., Japan and Russia of 1945. The death of Roosevelt and the elevation of Truman to the presidency had a profound impact on world events. These presidents had different philosophies concerning the use of atomic weapons, and the world might be a very different place had Roosevelt lived to see the end of the war. Truman and Stalin provided a smooth transition from World War II to the beginnings of the Cold War.
Ultimately, I left "Hiroshima : Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb" with a better understanding and appreciation of why America decided to use atomic weapons against Japan. Takaki provides motivations for most of the key players, along with supporting evidence. The book is extremely readable, and was as captivating as any novel.
Whether or not dropping the bomb was "good" or "bad" is left up to the reader. Honestly, I have yet to decide.
Rating: 5
Summary: Helpful to write my history paper
Comment: This book really helped me write my history paper. I was assigned to write an argumental paper about anything. I thought of writing about the atomic bomb, and I found this book.
The information on the book was what I exactly wanted to know to write my paper. I argued that atomic bomb was militarily unnecessarily to end the war against Japan, but U.S. used it for other reasons, such as to threat the Soviet Union, racism toward Japanese, and personality of Truman.
My term paper went successfully. Even if you are not writing a history paper, you should read it anyways becasue it really helps you learn about the decision under atomic bomb. It really worth reading and is trully interesting
Rating: 2
Summary: No need for A-bomb?
Comment: This is a typical revisionist account attempting to prove that Dropping the A-bomb was not militarily necessary. I had to read this book for my WW2 class, with no counter-argument offered by my professor. This book will have you believe that US only dropped the A-bomb to stop the Russians from spreading to Asia, as indicative by Truman's hate of communism. The author gives a little bio of Truman to further his point. He asserts that the estimates of probable US dead in a mainland storming was execrated. This book is in essay form, putting out this type of argument. I think anyone who has any background in the Pacific campaign would not buy Takaki's argument. If one looks at the number of Japans dead at Okinawa and those dying in US fire bombings, the numbers killed by A-bombs don't seem as staggering.
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Title: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb by GAR ALPEROVITZ ISBN: 067976285X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 06 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Hiroshima in America: A Half Century of Denial by Robert Jay Lifton, Greg Mitchell ISBN: 0380727641 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Prompt and Utter Destruction: President Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan by J. Samuel Walker ISBN: 0807846627 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Rainbow People of God by Desmond Tutu ISBN: 0385483740 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Death and the Maiden (Penguin Plays) by Ariel Dorfman ISBN: 0140246843 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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