Dropping the Atomic Bomb
(2021, original release: 2020)
Nonfiction
eCourse
Details
PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (36 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
11978402
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
In this final episode, reflect on a new era in human civilization. Although Japan was essentially defeated, the government refused to surrender. Travel with President Truman to Potsdam, Germany, where he and Churchill issued a declaration calling for "prompt and utter destruction" if Japan refused to surrender. Then deconstruct the justification for the use of the atomic bombs
Film
In Process Record
Craig L. Symonds
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English