John Ray Skates

Broschiertes Buch

The Invasion of Japan

Alternative to the Bomb

Beschreibung

For many years, scholars and non-scholars have debated the ethics of dropping the atomic bomb, but have rarely studied American plans to invade Japan - the alternative to using the bomb to end World War II. Widely held beliefs about Japanese forces and the projected loss of American lives have been invoked to justify the decision to drop the bomb. This examination argues that the invasion plan, code-named ""Operation Downfall"", has not until now been sufficiently studied to allow such a justification.

Autor

John Ray Skates is professor of history and past chair of the history department at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. A retired colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Skates served as visiting research professor at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, Washington, D.C., while conducting research for this book. Skates lives in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781570033544
• ISBN-10: 1570033544
• Artikelnr.: 21321593