Prompt and utter destruction book review

It is impossible to determine that the use of the bomb was the quickest way to end the war. Section C will evaluate two sources for their origins purposes values and limitations. Samuel Walker. Plan of investigation………………….. Evaluation of Sources………………………………………………………………………….. Works Cited……………………………………………………………………… According to Donohue, the top priority for President Truman was to end the war as quickly as possible with the fewest U.

Samuel Walker. Samuel Walker has produced a very succinct volume, perhaps too succinct, on the decision of the United States to use atomic bombs against Japan during World War II. Here is a brave attempt to bridge two diametrically opposed positions--one side stating that the bombings were militarily necessary for ending the war and the other claiming that the bombings were an unjustified and inhumane show of American military force for the purpose of intimidating the Soviet Union. To the important questions of this overall discussion the author answers, in a mere hundred and ten pages, both "yes" and "no. Prompt and Utter Destruction was written out of a response to the debate surrounding the commemorations of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of WW II.

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Capsule Review. Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan Reviewed by David C. Hendrickson In This Review.
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