Assistant Professor
Byzantine Studies, Department of Medieval Studies
Starting date: August 1, 2019
Application deadline: January 31, 2019
Full Or Part Time: Full-time (40 hours/week)
I've always thought the simplest answer to any questions about use of the A-Bombs is in the records of the Imperial Japanese Council. Where the fanatic war generals headed by Tojo were determined to not surrender, and had figured that they could make the invasion they knew was coming so bloody that the Americans would have to settle for terms other than unconditional surrender. Even after the first bomb fell, they would not change, three days later the second fell, and still they argued.
Excellent post using a broad brush. Yes, Spruance deserved a fifth star more so than Halsey, but I wonder if he was too much of an intellectual, perhaps? A quiet man who may have seemed, to many, to be a bit of an odd duck. And, of course, the brown shoe (aviator) admirals somehow viewed the Battle of the Philippine Sea as something less than a complete victory, despite the "Mariana's Turkey Shoot."
With these most interesting historical and analytic comments, their cogent for making another point, actually unrelated to Pacific WW II but experienced in Europe as part of war there. Rotating staffs due to overuse, an American experience, saw something quite different in Europe.
To which, reference is here including the previous postings on WW I; there, one of conditions imposed upon Germany by Versailles Treaty handed down by the Allies, included disbanding the German General Staff and its forbidden practice after 1918 and defeat.
I wholly endorse recommendations to look into the books by Richard Franks and Wilson Miscamble. My belief is that from the outset there was no doubt in the minds of American military decision-makers from the President on down, that when the weapon became available it would be used against whichever Axis power posed the greatest threat. When it was weaponized on the heels of the Okinawa campaign, which generated devastating loss of life on both sides, the decision to use it against Japan was inevitable.
Dear Colleagues,
The Department of Medieval Studies of Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) is inviting applications to its MA and PhD programs for the 2019/20 academic year. The deadline is January 31, 2018.
Dear all,
FIRST ANNUAL FAR RIGHT AND ANTIFASCISM CONFERENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
27 April 2019 – University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
An early-career and graduate student conference hosted by the Far Right and (Anti-)Fascism Working Group at UVA
Sponsored by the Power, Violence, and Inequality Collective at UVA
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Hungary's hostility to the West is another black mark on the sorry history of Hungary, harking back to its rule by the Communist Party and Soviet Union.
Being in the geographic orbit of Russia will ultimately backfire on this rightwing Govt.
