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David Dean Barrett is a military historian, specializing in World War II. He has published work in WWII Quarterly magazine, U.S. Military History Review, and Global War Studies. He is the history content consulting producer for Lou Reda Productions’ two-hour documentary on "Heroes of the Sky: The Real Mighty Eighth," which will air as a primetime global event on National Geographic in May of 2020. David has been a frequent guest speaker for more than a decade on the use of the atomic bomb in the final days of WWII and the end of the Pacific War. Mr. Barrett began his career as a professional historian late in life, after spending nearly thirty years in Information Technology. David was awarded his master's degree in history from the University of Colorado, Denver, in the summer of 2006. Six years later, in 2012, he officially entered his new profession, opening the doors of One with History, Inc. Mr. Barrett lives in Littleton, Colorado.
“Barrett drops you right into the situation rooms with the most
powerful figures in the world during the most critical days of the
20th century—the climax of World War II. Innovatively structured,
highly detailed, and well-documented, this book will draw you in
from page one.”
—A.J. Baime, New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental
President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the
World
“140 Days to Hiroshima is a deeply researched and carefully nuanced
narrative, especially powerful on US and Japanese decision-making
throughout 1945, culminating in Japan’s surrender. David Dean
Barrett shrewdly integrates essential military realities with the
potent domestic cross currents affecting leaders on both sides of
the Pacific.”
–– Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall: The End of the Imperial
Japanese Empire
“A detailed, almost day-by-day account of political debates that
preceded Japan’s surrender in World War II. . . . A nonrevisionist,
reflective, opinionated, intensely researched WWII history.”
—Kirkus Reviews
"Historian Barrett debuts with an impressively researched chronicle
of the months leading up to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.... By
capturing both sides of the conflict, Barrett generates drama
despite the inevitability of the book’s conclusion. Military
history buffs will be riveted."
––Publishers Weekly
“Reading like a Tom Clancy thriller, David Dean Barrett’s 140 Days
to Hiroshima is a gripping, day-by-day account of the run-up to,
and the aftermath of, one of the most cataclysmic and
world-changing events of all time—the atomic bombing of two
Japanese cities. Here’s the inside story of why the Japanese high
command was so determined to plunge ahead toward defeat in a war
they could not possibly win.”
–– Flint Whitlock, editor of WWII Quarterly magazine and co-author
of The Depths of Courage: American Submariners at War with
Japan
“David Dean Barrett’s detailing of the ruling militarists’ iron
grip on Japanese decision-making—even after two atomic bombs and
the Soviet entry into the Pacific War—should finally put to rest
any notion that the Japanese were trying to surrender. As 140 Days
to Hiroshima clearly shows, it was the bomb that influenced the
Emperor to make his historic interventions forcing his government
to finally surrender. Yet even then, Japan’s military almost
derailed Hirohito’s decree to end the war.”
––D. M. Giangreco, author of Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and
the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947
“140 Days to Hiroshima utterly destroys the revisionist fictions
that Japan would have surrendered months earlier if only they had
been notified that they could retain their emperor, and that Truman
dropped the bombs to awe the Soviets rather than to defeat an
already-defeated Japan. It is an important book and a gripping
read.”
––Robert James Maddox, author of Weapons for Victory: The Hiroshima
Decision, and editor of Hiroshima in History
“David Dean Barrett’s 140 Days to Hiroshima offers a comprehensive
and definitive account of the events and decision making that
culminated in the American use of atomic weapons against Japan in
August 1945. Barrett’s meticulous and balanced review of the
evidence makes it clear that the circumstances at the time justify
Truman’s decision to use atomic weapons. He convincingly
demonstrates that the Japanese government was not prepared to
surrender on terms acceptable to the United States and its allies
prior to the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that President
Truman and his top advisors understood this, and that Truman’s sole
objective in resorting to atomic weapons was to end the war as soon
as possible and thereby save American lives. Barrett further
demonstrates that there were estimates for American casualties in
the projected invasion of Japan that exceeded 500,000 and that the
use of atomic bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the key
factor in bringing about Japan’s surrender.”
–– Michael Kort, professor of social science at Boston University
and author of The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
“The interplay between the leaders of Japan and America during the
conclusion of the Pacific War—when some leaders in Japan did their
best to lead their country to surrender—is a narrative of human
drama that still challenges minds around the world. David Dean
Barrett’s work is an important contribution to an in-depth
understanding.”
–– Kazuhiko Tōgō, professor at Kyoto Sangyo University; former
Ambassador of Japan to the Netherlands; grandson of former Japanese
Foreign Minister Shigenori Tōgō
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