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Reconsidering Truman's claim of ‘half a million American lives’ saved by the atomic bomb: The construction and deconstruction of a myth

Barton J. Bernstein Professor off History and chair of the American Studies Program, Stanford University,
Pages 54-95 | Published online: 24 Jan 2008

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Matin Zuberi. (2001) Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Strategic Analysis 25:5, pages 623-662.
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Susanna Schrafstetter & Stephen Twigge. (2000) Trick or truth? The British ANF proposal, west Germany and US nonproliferation policy, 1964–68. Diplomacy & Statecraft 11:2, pages 161-184.
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Hebatalla Taha. Everyday nuclear histories and futures in the Middle East, 1945–1948. Cambridge Review of International Affairs 0:0, pages 1-19.
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Mark A. Stoler. 2014. America in the World. America in the World 57 82 .
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j. samuel walker. (2005) Recent Literature on Truman's Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground*. Diplomatic History 29:2, pages 311-334.
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Barton J Bernstein. (2001) Interpreting the Elusive Robert Serber: What Serber Says and What Serber Does Not Explicitly Say. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 32:3, pages 443-486.
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Barton J. Bernstein. (2000) Understanding Decisionmaking, U.S. Foreign Policy, and the Cuban Missile Crisis: A Review Essay. International Security 25:1, pages 134-164.
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