1. This is an even-tempered thread with some important context on the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings, but it is also missing several kinds of crucial context on where "unconditional surrender" came from & why it stayed U.S. policy to the bitter endhttps://twitter.com/wellerstein/status/1027574355205779456 …
Japan wasn't a U.S. enemy or loser in WWI. Actually was rather unheralded and without much effort a big winner. The problem they didn't want to repeat was Versailles and Germany's eventual reaction to it. They figured it was wise apply the policy also to Japan as enemy in WWII.
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