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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (42473)	1/19/2002 6:32:48 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Thanks. I read it and responded earlier. Message 16933971 "Careful scholarly treatment of the records and manuscripts opened over the past few years has greatly enhanced our understanding of why the Truman administration used atomic weapons against Japan. Experts continue to disagree on some issues, but critical questions have been answered. The consensus among scholars is that the bomb was not needed to avoid an invasion of Japan and to end the war within a relatively short time. "It is clear that alternatives to the bomb existed and that Truman and his advisers knew it." --Samuel J. Walker, chief historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, summarizing the findings of modern specialists in his literature review in the Winter 1990 issue of Diplomatic History.