Research Catalog

Title

Bridging the atomic divide : debating Japan-US attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Harry Wray and Seishiro Sugihara ; translated by Norman Hu.

Author

Wray, Harry, 1931-

Publication

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sugihara, Seishirō, 1941-
• Hu, Norman

Description

xvi, 323 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"In this study, two scholars examine historical perceptions of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Structured as a balanced dialogue, the authors analyze how the attacks are remembered by Japanese and others as well as the various debates surrounding the bombings."--Provided by publisher.

Uniform Title

Nihonjin no genbaku toka ron wa konomama de yoi no ka. English

Alternative Title

• Nihonjin no genbaku toka ron wa konomama de yoi no ka.
• Debating Japan-US attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Subjects

• Capitulations, Military
• United States
• 1900-1999
• Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)
• Atomic bomb > Moral and ethical aspects
• World War (1939-1945)
• Japan > Nagasaki-shi
• Diplomatic relations
• World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history
• Capitulations, Military > Japan > History > 20th century
• Military policy > Decision making
• Japan > Foreign relations > United States
• Japan > Military policy > Decision making
• United States > Foreign relations > Japan
• Bombardment of Nagasaki-shi (Japan : 1945)
• History
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Japan > Historiography
• Nagasaki-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945
• Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945
• Diplomatic history
• United States > Military policy > Decision making
• Japan > Hiroshima-shi

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• "Originally published in Japanese as Nihonjin no genbaku toka ron wa konomama de yoi no ka: genbaku toka wo meguru Nichi-Bei no hajimete no taiwa by Nisshin Hodo."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Descent into inhumanity -- The unconditional surrender formula and limited alternatives to atomic bombs : pros and cons -- The Potsdam Declaration: a missed opportunity by Japan to avoid atomic bombings and a Soviet entry -- That "final decisive battle" -- The role of decrypted messages -- Japan's decision to wage a final decisive battle produced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first of the "triple shocks" -- Two shocks in one day -- Militants' intransigent response: extinction before surrender -- Contentious issues surrounding the atomic bombings, the mistaken "atomic diplomacy" thesis, and its impact on Japanese textbooks -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Supplemental commentary -- diplomacy at start and end of Japan-US war, and subsequent problems -- Appendix B: regarding Wray's examination of the Pearl Harbor issue -- Appendix C: The historical significance of President Obama's visit to Hiroshima -- Afterword.

Call Number

JFE 19-3879

ISBN

• 9781498593212
• 1498593216
• 9781498593229 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2018046767
• 40028805769

OCLC

1057231356

Author

Wray, Harry, 1931- author.

Title

Bridging the atomic divide : debating Japan-US attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Harry Wray and Seishiro Sugihara ; translated by Norman Hu.

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]

Edition

English edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Sugihara, Seishirō, 1941- author.

Hu, Norman, translator.

Other Form:

Online version: Wray, Harry, 1931- Bridging the atomic divide. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2019] 9781498593229 (DLC) 2018058128

Other Standard Identifier

40028805769

Research Call Number

JFE 19-3879