Quote Originally Posted by cstone View Post
Someone refresh my memory. How many independent tribal factions were there in Japan in 1945? How many Japanese civilian non-combatants were intentionally targeted and killed by U.S and allied forces? How many Muslim non-combatants have been intentionally targeted and killed by U.S. and allied forces? Most importantly, what target(s) could the U.S. or coalition forces drop a nuclear bomb or two on, which would then force the supreme (godlike) ruler of Islam to go onto television or radio to admit complete and utter defeat and tell his people to lay down their arms and submit to occupation?

Thanks for the book suggestion. It will go on the To Read list.
Stone, I believe the bombing of civilian population centers was one the cornerstones of Lemays strategy over Japan. Over 100,000 people were killed alone in the bombing of Tokyo. Lemay was a gloves off dude.