Book contents
- Hiroshima and the Historians
- Hiroshima and the Historians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Introduction
- 1 The Historian’s Craft
- 2 The Hiroshima Decision
- 3 Participants and Their First Draft of History
- 4 The Revisionists
- 5 Historians and Moral Judgments
- 6 Military Historians
- 7 Gauging Japanese Responsibility
- 8 A Wider Perspective
- 9 Controversy as a Way of Life
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Book part
- Index
1 - The Historian’s Craft
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 May 2024
Book contents
- Hiroshima and the Historians
- Hiroshima and the Historians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Introduction
- 1 The Historian’s Craft
- 2 The Hiroshima Decision
- 3 Participants and Their First Draft of History
- 4 The Revisionists
- 5 Historians and Moral Judgments
- 6 Military Historians
- 7 Gauging Japanese Responsibility
- 8 A Wider Perspective
- 9 Controversy as a Way of Life
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Book part
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 sets up the founding of the 11th New York and the heightened expectations put upon them from the start. It introduces their famed colonel, Elmer E. Ellsworth, who had dreams of reinventing the citizen soldiery with his Zouave drill. But he found that converting boisterous firemen into disciplined soldiers was not quite as easy as he had anticipated. Ellsworth struggled with challenges to his authority and harsh public scrutiny. The chapter ends just as the Fire Zouaves receive orders to embark for Alexandria, confident that success on the battlefield beckoned.
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- Hiroshima and the HistoriansDebating America's Most Controversial Decision, pp. 18 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024