The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan ... Stalin Did Ward Wilson - Foreign Policy
http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30/the-bomb-didnt-beat-japan-stalin-did/ <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015arokIjK3oNwEew5-IWUd_eUyj0aKbppA60ch1AU-crTOu6AJi49w3va5RqNj6Vbjwig_SIdPCAyXjaBKL0o1pPC2_xftxr3V9Lsv6lL_Zfa_ODDXnA7HSxoP3qy2d4A0pNklU09kdBbMolg-lL0eScJS2501WRdb81YFqusdUTJjnS_jxO5ZyM6LKU6kUg-KbL78FmmSPV_5iaSKXoqeYpVwPwXj5cT2FmuQ4i8faYSIEMH82DqxQ==&c=jd3CXMp6Lnn6w1nS2XdW42BOC014fc1TW8xzNoU2E_7pIjU64uUXLw==&ch=L21G6IJGgA70vCrNb0tUJlgletDv1l9B2_Z3euIfyaNpUy9n8roN3A==> The U.S. use of nuclear weapons against Japan during World War II has long been a subject of emotional debate ... The fact that Japan had 68 cities destroyed in the summer of 1945 poses a serious challenge for people who want to make the bombing of Hiroshima the cause of Japan's surrender. The question is: If they surrendered because a city was destroyed, why didn't they surrender when those other 66 cities were destroyed? ... The Soviet invasion invalidated the military's decisive battle strategy, just as it invalidated the diplomatic strategy. At a single stroke, all of Japan's options evaporated. The Soviet invasion was strategically decisive - it foreclosed both of Japan's options - while the bombing of Hiroshima (which foreclosed neither) was not. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/senet. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
