Before the Bomb

" Almost forgotten in the haze of events that followed Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the summer of 1945 witnessed an intense public debate over how best to end the war against Japan. Weary of fighting, the American people were determined to defeat the imperial power that had so viciously attacked them in December 1941, but they were uncertain of the best means to accomplish this goal. Certain of victory-the "inevitable triumph" promised by Franklin Roosevelt immediately after Pearl Harbor-Americans be

Author: John Chappell
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 12/23/1996
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.24w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780813119878

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/1996 pg. 114

About the Author

John D. Chappell is assistant professor of history in the Department of History, Politics, and Law at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri.

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