[caveat emptor]

The reality of unrelenting, horrific casualties that had become commonplace in the war against Japan convinced President Truman and American top brass that usage of the secret atomic weapons would be necessary to end the war.

Thank God for the Atom Bomb.

[rey]

Funny. Paul Fussell is quite antiwar and rather anti US, as most academics. A genius in the field of literature and poetry. Everything he writes is well written and worth reading.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Saved my dad’s life. He was wrapping things up on Okinawa when they were dropped. Where do you think his next stop would’ve been?