| ID | 179018 |
| Title Proper | Creation by Destruction |
| Other Title Information | America and the End of the Pacific War in Light of Economic Reconversion and Post-war Reconstruction |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Majerus, Joe |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | For several decades, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 have been the subject of a fierce debate between orthodox and ‘revisionist’ historians. In so doing, however, historians have for the most part neglected to look more closely into questions of a primarily economic and organisational nature in investigating the contributing factors to the American decision-making process. Accordingly, this analysis explores systematically how in addition to the predominant need of avoiding further combat casualties, a speedy conclusion of the Pacific conflict was also deemed critical to a successful re-transition of United States war-time production to a thriving peace-time economy, as well as to a comprehensive rehabilitation of the war-shattered European continent. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 32, No.1; Mar 2021: p. 60-85 |
| Journal Source | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol: 32 No 1 |
| Key Words | America ; Post-War Reconstruction ; Pacific War in Light ; Economic Reconversion |