Harry J. Wray, Seishiro Sugihara

Bridging the Atomic Divide

Debating Japan-US Attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781498593236
• ISBN-10: 1498593232
• Artikelnr.: 60591007

Autorenporträt

By Harry J. Wray and Seishiro Sugihara - Translated by Norman Hu

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, Miyuki Wray
Preface to the Japanese Edition
Translator's Note
Chapter 1: Descent into Inhumanity
Chapter 2: The Unconditional Surrender Formula and Limited Alternatives to
Atomic Bombs: Pros and Cons
Chapter 3: The Potsdam Declaration: A Missed Opportunity By Japan To Avoid
Atomic Bombings and a Soviet Entry
Chapter 4: That "Final Decisive Battle"
Chapter 5: The Role of Decrypted Messages
Chapter 6: Japan's Decision to Wage a Final Decisive Battle Produced the
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, the first of the "Triple Shocks"
Chapter 7: Two Shocks in One Day
Chapter 8: Militants' Intransigent Response: Extinction before Surrender
Chapter 9: 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