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The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

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The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

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With a new preface by the author Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Alperovitz criticizes one of the most hotly debated precursory events to the Cold War, an event that was largely responsible for the evolution of post-World War II American politics and culture.

Author Biography:

Gar Alperovitz, author of What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution and The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, is the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a former fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; a founding fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Politics; a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies; and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. also served as a legislative director in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, and as a special assistant in the  US Department of State. Alperovitz is a founding principal of the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, and a member of the board of directors for the New Economics Institute (NEI). More information at garalperovitz.com.
Release date NZ
August 6th, 1996
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
864
Dimensions
131x202x50
ISBN-13
9780679762850
Product ID
2559279

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