 | C. L. Sulzberger, Cyrus Leo Sulzberger - 1985 - Broj stranica: 380
...coached by Byrnes and Stimson on the diplomatic import of the nuclear secret, had decided that we were "in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war." On April 23, the new President received Molotov and addressed him sharply on the rapid and grave... | |
 | Lawrence S. Wittner - 1993 - Broj stranica: 508
...the realm of international power politics. According to the president, Byrnes argued that "the bomb might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war." - As Rabinowitch had feared, among US government leaders, moral concerns did not stand up well... | |
 | Richard Rhodes - 2012 - Broj stranica: 890
...met with Stimson again, Byrnes added a significant twist to his tale: "that in his belief the bomb might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war." At that first Friday meeting Truman asked Byrnes to transcribe his shorthand notes on the Yalta... | |
 | Charles B. Strozier, Michael Flynn - 1996 - Broj stranica: 364
...before this discussion, Secretary of State-designate James F. Byrnes had told Truman that the bomb "might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war." 22 Truman inherited the basic policy that governed the atomic bomb, just as he inherited every... | |
 | Tony Downey, Nigel Smith - 1996 - Broj stranica: 100
...State (Foreign Minister) Byrne revealed the superior attitude which the bomb gave America: 'The bomb might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms.' Relations deteriorated when the Americans dropped the atomic bombs on Japan. This last military act... | |
 | Margot A. Henriksen - 1997 - Broj stranica: 496
...the presidency and well before the atomic bomb had been tested, Truman was informed that "the bomb might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war."6 American policymakers rarely deviated from this early conviction of atomic invincibility, and... | |
 | Stewart L. Udall - 1998 - Broj stranica: 420
...martial supremacy. He wanted a demonstration of its city-destroying power to put the United States in a position "to dictate our own terms at the end of the war." Henry Stimson was weary and troubled that summer. He expressed his personal anguish in his diary... | |
 | Allan M. Winkler - 1999 - Broj stranica: 308
...after Roosevelt's death, Truman noted in his Memoirs, Byrnes declared that "in his belief the bomb might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war." The next month, Leo Szilard recalled, Byrnes conveyed his "assumption that rattling the bomb... | |
 | Arnold A. Offner - 2002 - Broj stranica: 660
...may have reinforced his view, as Truman recalled Byrnes saying to him that the bomb was so powerful that it "might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war," but Truman did not indicate whether the statement referred to Japan or the Soviet Union.40 Stimson... | |
 | Michael R. Beschloss - 2003 - Broj stranica: 420
...successful atomic bomb should be used. Exhilarated by the new weapon, Byrnes advised the President that it "might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war." ON MONDAY, July 23, backed by Truman, Byrnes told Molotov he was "deeply concerned" about reparations.... | |
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might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war. 