And I enjoy your posts on economic matters.
I went back and reviewed the D&T thread. I didn't mention these two books which are pertinent to this discussion:
Glantz, David M., LTC. The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945: ‘August Storm’. London: Crown House. 2003. pp. xxvii, 451.
Allen, Thomas B. and Norman Polmar. Code Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan -- and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb. New York: Simon and Shuster. 1995. pp. 352.
Allen and Polmar's book gives a great overview of the Pacific Theater in addition to a great analysis of why Truman decided to use the bomb. Glantz's book is one of a kind - and expensive. I think it's the only one on that subject written in English, and it's based on Glantz's research of WWII Soviet documents following the break up of the Soviet Union. Those documents, last I heard, are once again off limits to western researchers.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
there is another good book to read, but its fiction. It's called the "Burning Mountain", a What if scenario on Operation Downfall going ahead as a result of failed nuclear bomb test (a fizzle).
