Barrett offers a unique glimpse at the political negotiations between the United States and Japan in the weeks leading up to and directly after the bombings ... The text is straightforward, though abrupt shifts in points of view are occasionally confusing ... This look at the negotiations surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is appropriate for any beginning World War II scholar.
... an impressively researched chronicle of the months leading up to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima ... By capturing both sides of the conflict, Barrett generates drama despite the inevitability of the book’s conclusion. Military history buffs will be riveted.
A detailed, almost day-by-day account of political debates that preceded Japan’s surrender in World War II ... A nonrevisionist, reflective, opinionated, intensely researched WWII history.
