CHAPPELL John D

Before the bomb: how America approached the end of the Pacific war - Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1997 - 246p.

Analysis of the many factors which influenced America's approach to ending the war in the Pacific. Considers public opinion, the human costs of the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns, the morality of firebombing Japanese cities, the demand for unconditional surrender, and the public perceptions of post war life.

0813119871 (hbk.): 24.95 US


PACIFIC CAMPAIGN
PUBLIC OPINION
SECOND WORLD WAR
UNITED STATES