TY  - BOOK
AU  - CHAPPELL John D
TI  - Before the bomb: how America approached the end of the Pacific war
SN  - 0813119871 (hbk.):
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Lexington, KY
PB  - University of Kentucky Press
KW  - PACIFIC CAMPAIGN
KW  - PUBLIC OPINION
KW  - SECOND WORLD WAR
KW  - UNITED STATES
N2  - 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
ER  -