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Bridging the atomic divide : debating Japan-US attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nihonjin no genbaku toka ron wa konomama de yoi no ka. English
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"In this study, two scholars examine historical perceptions of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Structured as a balanced dialogue, the authors analyze how the attacks are remembered b...
"In this study, two scholars examine historical perceptions of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Structured as a balanced dialogue, the authors analyze how the attacks are remembered by Japanese and others as well as the various debates surrounding the bombings."--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Harry Wray and Seishiro Sugihara ; translated by Norman Hu
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- English
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- English edition
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
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- xvi, 323 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1498593216, 9781498593229, 1498593224, 9781498593212
- OCLC
- on1057231356
- "Originally published in Japanese as Nihonjin no genbaku toka ron wa konomama de yoi no ka: genbaku toka wo meguru Nichi-Bei no hajimete no taiwa by Nisshin Hodo."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Descent into inhumanity -- The unconditional surrender formula and limited alternatives to atomic bombs : pros and cons -- The Potsdam Declaration: a missed opportunity by Japan to avoid atomic bombings and a Soviet entry -- That "final decisive battle" -- The role of decrypted messages -- Japan's decision to wage a final decisive battle produced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first of the "triple shocks" -- Two shocks in one day -- Militants' intransigent response: extinction before surrender -- Contentious issues surrounding the atomic bombings, the mistaken "atomic diplomacy" thesis, and its impact on Japanese textbooks -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Supplemental commentary -- diplomacy at start and end of Japan-US war, and subsequent problems -- Appendix B: regarding Wray's examination of the Pearl Harbor issue -- Appendix C: The historical significance of President Obama's visit to Hiroshima -- Afterword
Subjects
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Historiography.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan.
- Japan -- Military policy -- Decision making.
- United States -- Military policy -- Decision making.
- Capitulations, Military -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
- Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects.