Rain Of Ruin: Tokyo Hiroshima And The Surrender Japan Richard Overy Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Remarkable Account Of The Terrible Climax Second World War In Asia Published To Coincide With 80Th Anniversary Hiroshima Bombing Closing Months Hundreds Thousands Japanese Mostly Civilians Died Final Outburst Violence From Air American Planes Were Beginning Run Low On Plausible Targets When It Was Decided Use Two Atomic Weapons Flourish Try End Richard Overy’s New Book Rethinks How We Should Regard This Last Stage And Role Explores Way Which Willingness Kill Destroy Cities Became Normalized Course Horrific As Moral Concerns Blunted Scientists Airmen Politicians Followed Strategy Mass Destruction They Would Never Have Endorsed Before Began But Also Engages Scholarship That Shows Complex Effort Japan Where ‘Surrender’ Entirely Foreign Culture Σελίδες: 224 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0527 Διαστάσεις: 16 4X16 4Cm