A postwar myth: 500,000 U.S. lives saved
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Vol. 42 (6) , 38-40
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.1986.11459388
Abstract
The idea that use of the atomic bombs against Japan saved half a million American lives persists as the main justification for that use. But military planners during and immediately after the war employed much lower figures.Keywords
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