New York: Howard-McCann, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth, gently bumped at spine tips and corners; in VG dust jacket with some light creasing and chipping along the edges. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and inscribed to him: "For Douglas Fairbanks -- who played a part in this decision -- Fred Freed." Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor from Hollywood’s Golden Era (his credits include “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. He is mentioned on page 92 of this political history, where it is revealed that a paper he wrote while a lieutenant attached to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, on the problem of defeating Japan, was influential to Eugene Dooman, and that it became the preface to the Potsdam Declaration.

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Bookseller: Sanctuary Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: JC3065
Title: The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Author: Giovannitti, Len; Freed, Fred
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Howard-McCann
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1965

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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...