Table of Contents

Introduction/Chronology/Opposing commanders and forces/How to force Japan to surrender/The development of the atomic bomb/Hiroshima and Nagasaki/Aftermath/The sites today/Further reading/Index

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A “what if?” look at allied plans to invade Japan, and the story of the creation and use of the atomic bomb.

About the Author

Clayton K.S. Chun, Ph.D., is on the U.S. Army War College faculty at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania where he teaches courses on national security, strategy, and economics. He completed a military career in the U.S. Air Force and has published in the fields of national security, military history, and economics. John White is a commercial illustrator with many years' experience of working with advertising agencies, design firms, publishers and large corporate accounts. He has received awards from The Broadcast Design Association and The National Naval Aviation Museum, and his paintings have appeared in Aviation Art magazine, Aviation History magazine, and on the History Channel. John and his wife Margery live in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Reviews

"In short, this is an excellent analysis of the decisions and operations leading up to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." --Jeff Grim, Collected Miscellany (January 2009) "From the fire-bombing of Japanese cities to the use of the atomic bombs, Dr. Chun acknowledged the aguish of those who planned and ordered he attacks, but did not digress into the moral debate himself. Questions surrounding President Truman's decision to launch atomic weapons persist to this day; Japan 1945 should be an essential piece of reference material for anyone wishing to weigh those questions within their proper historical and political contexts." --C. Peter Chen, World War II Database, ww2db.com (January 2010) "Author Zaloga along with some superb photographs and the illustrations of Ian Palmer, tells the story of these vehicles from their earliest inception to the current range of vehicles to those being developed for the future. A story that has really just begun and is as fascinating today as it was when first developed. A book I know you will find interesting and informative. Highly recommended along with all of Osprey's titles in this series." --Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness (October 2008)