ISBN: 978-1-57143-165-3
COMING IN JULY 2008: One of the best kept secrets of World War II was the U.S. decision to attack Japan with nuclear weapons. Military leaders such as Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower were not in on the plan. Harry Truman, head of a Congressional military oversight committee, didn't find out about it until he assumed the presidency in 1945. Target Japan uncovers the secret story of America's 1943 decision to abandon plans to drop the superweapon on Germany despite the fact that the Third Reich was threatening to annihilate Europe and the Soviet Union. Based on interviews with Manhattan Project principals, Makhijani shows why Japan proved to be an irresistible target for the creators of the atom bomb.
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