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Anarcho posted on Wed, Jan 4 2012 7:36 AM

I am looking for some good books about WWII, particularly books that speak out against the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Anything would be helpful, thanks.

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History of Second World War

By Basil Liddell Hart

 

See last section of that huge book. There was no strategic reason to bomb those cities, because communications were cut and nobody heard of the boming until war was over, except high commmand, and important members high command were not swayed by either bombing to end the war, only economic considerations finally swayed emperor to surrender.

That this would happen was know to strategists in US and Britain, and nuclear strikes were merely justifications for money spent on bomb development and material refinement needed to manufacture bombs.

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@ John James & thelion, Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into them. :)

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