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The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

By Gar Alperovitz

By Gar Alperovitz

By Gar Alperovitz

By Gar Alperovitz

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Paperback $24.00

Aug 06, 1996 | ISBN 9780679762850

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Dec 29, 2010 | ISBN 9780307773128

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    About The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

    With a new preface by the author

    Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Alperovitz criticizes one of the most hotly debated precursory events to the Cold War, an event that was largely responsible for the evolution of post-World War II American politics and culture.

    About The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

    With a new preface by the author

    Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Alperovitz criticizes one of the most hotly debated precursory events to the Cold War, an event that was largely responsible for the evolution of post-World War II American politics and culture.

    About Gar Alperovitz

    Gar Alperovitz, author of What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution and The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, is the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He… More about Gar Alperovitz

    About Gar Alperovitz

    Gar Alperovitz, author of What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution and The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, is the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He… More about Gar Alperovitz

    Product Details

    Category: World War II Military History | 20th Century U.S. History | Politics

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 06, 1996 | 864 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679762850

    Category: World War II Military History | 20th Century U.S. History | Politics

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 29, 2010 | 864 Pages | ISBN 9780307773128
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    “A massively detailed yet fascinating and readable work of scholarship.”–San Francisco Chronicle

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