Böcker av Francis X. Winters

In November 1963, the US government engineered the overthrow of the South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem, resulting in the escalation of the Vietnam War. This study asks why President Kennedy decided to depose his ally, despite warnings from his cabinet that such a coup would cause chaos.

Seeks to balance the verdict of responsibilty for Hiroshima by extending the analysis of the ethics of the end of the war. The author pairs Japan's criminal refusal to surrender in defeat with the resultant decision by Truman to forego any further delay and thus spare his citizens.