The Decision to Drop the Bomb

by Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti, Fred Giovannitti, Len and Freed

Book Overview

This book, first published in 1967, examines the circumstances and events that led to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, devastating Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The death of President Roosevelt three weeks before the end of the European war led to an incoming President, Truman, who had heard nothing of the project before taking office. He and his advisers had no precedents to guide them as they considered what to do, and withing their closely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032047976
• ISBN13: 9781032047973
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"