Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam
The Use of Atomic Bomb and the American Confrontation With Soviet Power
Alperovitz, Gar
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, USA
Year Published: 1994 First Published: 1965
Pages: 402pp ISBN: 978-0745309477
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX19878
Alperovitz argues that the use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasai were not necessary to bring about Japan's surrender in the Second World War, and that the U.S. leadership was well aware of this fact. The decision to use nuclear weapons was predicated, says Alperovitz, on a desire to test the weapons on actual cities, as well as a wish to use them to intimidate the Soviet Union.
