The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1966. Revised Edition. 213, footnotes, sources, index, usual library markings, a few pencil & ink lines in the margins, some wear to boards. A few pencil & ink marks to text margins. This book was originally published in 1961 under the title Japan Subdued: The Atomic Bomb and the End of the War in the Pacific. In this revised edition, the original chapters 4 ("By Shock: The Atom Bomb") and 17 ("Comments and Conjectures on the Use of the Atomic Bomb Against Japan") have been completely rewritten; various other changes have been made in the text to make the book more complete and revealing. Condition: fair to good, ex-lib.
Keywords: Japan, WWII, Atomic Bomb, James Byrnes, Pacific Theater, Leslie Groves, Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall, Harry S. Truman
[Book #56049]
Price: $27.50