 The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb by Gar Alperovitz
Was the atomic bombing of Japan necessary? Gar Alperovitz argues, using evidence for the US Government archives, that it was not. Instead, Truman dropped the bomb as a warning to Soviets to help deal with them after the war. For more on this topic also see Racing the Enemy by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.
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.
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