Kenneth B. Pyle (University of Washington)

Hiroshima and the Historians (eBook, PDF)

Debating America's Most Controversial Decision

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2024
• ISBN-13: 9781009477468
• Artikelnr.: 72348214

Autorenporträt

Kenneth B. Pyle is a historian of modern Japan, creator of the Journal of Japanese Studies, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The historian's craft
2. The Hiroshima decision
3. Participants and their first draft of history
4. The revisionists
5. Historians and moral judgments
6. Military historians
7. Gauging Japanese responsibility
8. The wider perspective
9. Controversy as a way of life.