Counterpoint

This week sees the anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, and we revisit the argument about just why that was done.

For decades there has been debate over Truman's motives. Did he really think it necessary in order to end the war, or was it a demonstration for the Soviet Union?

Robert Maddox refutes the revisionist argument that before the dropping of the bomb Japan was on the verge of surrender.

Guests

Robert Maddox
Professor Emeritus of History Pennsylvania State University

Publications

Title: Hiroshima: The Myths of Revisionism
Author: Robert Maddox - Editor
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
URL: http://press.umsystem.edu/spring2007/maddox.htm

Presenter

Michael Duffy

Producer

Ian Coombe

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