Atomic diplomacy : Hiroshima and Potsdam : the use of the atomic bomb and the American confrontation with Soviet power
- Title
- Atomic diplomacy : Hiroshima and Potsdam : the use of the atomic bomb and the American confrontation with Soviet power / Gar Alperovitz.
- Published by
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, [1985]
- ©1985
- Author
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| Status | FormatText | AccessUse in library | Call numberE813 .A75 1985 | Item locationOff-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 427 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- "Benjamin Brown, a young orphan boy transplanted from England to America, undergoes harrowing experiences during the political intrigue of the Federalist period. Ben's struggles to exist reveal the bitter social problems of the era."
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Contents
- Author's note -- Ack. -- Introduction to the 1985 edition The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- Preface -- C.1 The strategy of an immediate showdown -- C.2 The strategy of a delayed showdown -- C.3 The decision to postpone a confrontation with Stalin -- C.4 The far east and two faces of the strategy of delay -- C.5 The tactics of the Potsdam conference (I) -- C.6 The tactics of the Potsdam conference (II) -- C.7 American diplomacy takes the offensive -- C.8 Conclusions -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- Appendix V -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- "Elisabeth Sifton books."
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 363-384.