The Target Committee
By Paul Ham
How did America choose the targets for the atomic bomb? What made Hiroshima preferable over Kyoto or Tokyo?
Critical to the mission to destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a series of meetings set up in mid-1945 and comprising America’s most powerful military, political and scientific chiefs.
The committeemen would decide where and how the first nuclear weapons would be used in anger.
In this absorbing and provocative narrative, historian Paul Ham shines a torch on their arguments to reveal the thinking behind the atomic destruction of two cities – and how the Target Committee justified it at the time.
Praise for The Target Committee
‘A sweeping and comprehensive history’ Booklist
‘Ham’s work will be cited as an important addition to a debate that continues 70 years after the event.’ Publisher’s Weekly Review
‘Ham’s excellent work will serve as the next installment in the ongoing debate. Essential for libraries with military collections as well as casual readers interested in World War II.’ Library Journal Review
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