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Pb and Jellyfish posted:
Richard Frank's Downfall has a chapter on it. The whole book is great if you want to understand the end of the war in the pacific, including how and why the decision to use the nukes was reached. You don't necessarily have to agree with his conclusion (that the nukes were justified and probably the most "humane" way to end the war), but I found his arguments pretty good and his attention to detail is astonishing. There are layers upon layers upon layers of factors which determined events in and around Japan in 1945, and he takes you through all of them.
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Sad Mammal posted:Can anyone recommend books on medieval military history, or books on any pre-World War martial history in general? Geoffrey Parker's The Military Revolution is a good overview about the development of warfare in early modern times, but not without its problems. Not sure if that is what you wanted. John Keegan's The Face of Battle is an amazing book that pretty much singlehandedly build his reputation as a military historian. He analyzes the Battles of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme and tries to give you an idea how it must have been standing there.
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