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Hiroshima

why America dropped the atomic bomb

by Ronald Takaki

1995 193 pages eng

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 unn…

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