The uss augusta on the way to tsdam july 714. Although truman took a large entourage, he and burns excluded every single one of their advisors except for admiral leahy and three state department officials. Specialist, the director of european affairs, and their top draftsman. They were all excluded and would travel separately to the conference. Sdam was going to be a highstakes poker game. Truman had two aces in the hole to play against stalin. Not only did he have the power to bring the war to an earlier end at least one atomic bomb, but he had the indoor emperors willingness to end the war. Indicated the japanese were playing a risky and dangerous game. They had adopted the basic strategy for conducting the war. Their plan was to fight a onefront war against the United States, attempt to administer a decisive defeat in repulsing the invasion, and sue for peace on favorable terms for a soviet mediation. The emperors, instincts remained but a military triumph must precede any diplomati
And the other socalled revisionist theory, is that it was done to intimidate the russians, specifically in europe. In revisionists view is used any discussion of geopolitics, is specially the emerging conflict with russia. The revisionist view is a [inaudible]ological seriously, both views share the same assumption. Wouldhe United States pursue no longterm assumption except to win the war. The truth is, if one does not understand strategy, one cannot understand why any of the leaders acted the way they did, except in the most professional way. Perspective,term world war ii itself was the culminating stage in century long struggle among japan, russia and china for control of northeast asia. Japan had one that struggle and help control for half a century. Had not playedes a major role in it. 1985, was summer of poised to play a decisive. With japan asked him ending feet and china passed continuing weakness, the question was how the United States and soviet union would in one way or anoth
A bombed-out temple in Nagasaki It is an atomic bomb. It is the greatest thing in history. President Harry S. Truman (August 6, 1945) One of the seemingly endless Good [sic] War myths goes a little something like this: The U.S. had no choice but to drop atomic bombs on civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.