Today...

[Yamu]

Hey, history majors have to write something for their Ph.D. dissertation, so I'm not surprised this theory is out there, but that doesn't change the fact that the A-bombs were critical in ending the war in the Pacific early. You can site other factors as contributory to their surrender but to deny that the nuclear attacks on Japan was not the leading cause to their surrender instead of making up break our teeth on a land invasion is preposterous.