Lightner Library-Keuka College

Format:

Book

Author:

Title:

Hiroshima and the historians : debating America's most controversial decision / Kenneth B. Pyle, University of Washington.

Publisher, Date:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Description:

xii, 272 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary:

"The decision to use atomic bombs in 1945 was one of the most controversial in historical memory. In this thought provoking analysis, Kenneth B. Pyle presents debates about this decision as a case study in the intricacy of the historian's craft, reminding readers of the value of historians in a free society"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Historiography.

Atomic bomb -- United States -- History.

History -- Philosophy.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Historiography.

Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Historiography.

Other Title:

Debating America's most controversial decision

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The historian's craft -- The Hiroshima decision -- Participants and their first draft of history -- The revisionists -- Historians and moral judgments -- Military historians -- Gauging Japanese responsibility -- The wider perspective -- Controversy as a way of life.

LCCN:

2024006583

ISBN:

9781009477451

1009477455

9781009477444

1009477447

* 9781009477482

Other Number:

1419059961

System Availability:

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Control Number:

537620

Call Number:

D767.25.H6 P95 2024

Course Reserves:

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