From diplomatic moves behind the scenes to Japanese actions and the US Army Air Force's call to action, no detail is left untold. But there is unanimous regret among the essayists that an opportunity was lost, as Kohn writes, to inform the American people. Painstakingly researched, the story behind the decision to send the Enola Gay to bomb Hiroshima is told through firsthand sources. book, the author offers a fresh perspective on the dispute over President Trumans decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in World War II. Paused Youre listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. It was based on the controversy over how history should be represented for the decision of dropping an atomic bomb on Japan when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum drafted an exhibit entitled The Crossroads: The End of World War II, the Atomic Bomb and the Cold War around the refurbished Enola Gay to. unrivaled" history of the B-29 and its fateful mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima ( New York Times Book Review). History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past: Edward T. The term History Wars was coined in the United States in 1994.
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