Atomic Salvation: How the A-Bomb attacks saved the lives of 32 million people [Large Print 16pt]

So did not the atomic weapons bring about a great peace? Since the initial grateful acknowledgement of the success of the A-bomb attacks in ending World War II, there has been a steady reversal of opinion and sentiment: from a first hearty appreciation to a condemnation by many, of the United States for its actions. Atomic Salvation investigates the full situation of the times to a previously unplumbed depth. It examines documents from both Japanese and Allied sources, but it uses logical in-depth analysis to extend beyond the mere recounting of statistics. It charts the full extent of the possible casualties on both sides if a conventional assault akin to D-Day had gone ahead. The work is concerned solely with the military necessity to use the bombs, but it also investigates why that necessity has been increasingly challenged over the successive decades. Controversially, the book shows that the Japanese nation would have lost many millions of their people â " likely around 28 million â " if the nation had been attacked in the manner by which German was defeated: by amphibious assau

• | Author: Tom Lewis
• | Publisher: Readhowyouwant
• | Publication Date: Sep 11, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 642 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0369391098
• | ISBN-13: 9780369391094