Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com> wrote:
> On 10/21/2004 10:22 PM, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:

>> And the issue (or, among the issues) is which way caused more deaths?

> I think that issue was a pretty important one in President Truman's mind 
> at the time.

> BTW, Mike, I finally got around to reading Bruce Lee's _Marching Orders_ 
> last year after hearing you mention it in your posts so many times over 
> the years. Though Lee may not be the world's finest prose stylist, the 
> insights his book contains are very impressive. And of course the 
> question of how many combat deaths the US was anticipating in the 
> invasion of Japan is one topic he covers pretty definitively.

A very good (or at least, well-documented) book. Along with Rhodes'
book, probably as good  a description of the thought processes that went
into the decision as we're likely to see, absent going through the
original material ourselves.

Mike