……为了进攻本土会牺牲 50 万条生命，历史记录却大相径庭。近年来的学术研究已经把这点阐明得很清楚了。感兴趣的话，我建议从 Gar Alperovitz 的《使用原子弹的决定》（The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb）读起。顺便提一个细节，讽刺的是，“伤亡全都是日本人”并不是真的。在长崎有大量被强征的外籍劳工，以及当地的日本平民……
…the loss of 500,000 lives invading the mainland the historical record is rather different. Recent scholarship has made this plain. For those interested I recommend starting with Gar Alperovitz's 'The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb.' On a point of detail, ironically it isn't true that 'the only casualties were Japanese." In Nagasaki there were a large number of conscripted foreign workers as well as the native Japanese population…
……日本领导层根本没意识到这一点，直到苏联出兵满洲（就在长崎被扔原子弹的同一天早晨）才逼得他们不得不认清现实。有两本非常详尽的参考书：Gar Alperovitz 写的《使用原子弹的决定》（The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb）以及长谷川毅（Tsuyoshi Hasegawa）写的《与敌人赛跑》（Racing the Enemy）。> 他们也做出了几个极大地限制了死亡人数的决定——比如，没有选择相对较小的军事……
…Japanese leaders didn't understand that until they were forced to realize it by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria (the same morning that the Nagasaki bomb was dropped). Two good detailed references are The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb by Gar Alperovitz and Racing the Enemy by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa. > they also made several decisions that massively limited the amount of death - for instance, instead of picking relatively small military…
Gar Alperovitz 写了关于这个话题的权威之作《使用原子弹的决定》（The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb）。许多美军专家和高级将领当时都认为扔原子弹毫无必要。日本早就注定战败，尤其是苏联参战之后，他们就彻底玩完了。
Gar Alperovitz wrote the definitive book on the subject "The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb". Many US military experts and top generals believed it was unnecessary. Japan was defeated, particularly with the entry of the Soviet Union into the war, it was over for them.
I quite enjoyed that book, it's one of my favourites, actually. One part that caught me by surprise was Feynman's praise for the quick decision to use the atomic bomb. That stood out as something in apparent disagreement with the character of his which I learned of, and I didn't know what it was about that that he respected.
> Gar Alperovitz 写了关于这个话题的权威之作《使用原子弹的决定》（The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb）。所谓的“权威之作”？在历史这种学科里这词到底算个啥意思啊？你是说自打 1995 年以来，关于这个话题就再也没有新的分析了？没有任何新洞见了？而且这还是建立在默认 Alperovitz 的……
> Gar Alperovitz wrote the definitive book on the subject "The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb". "definitive"? What does that even mean in a field of study like history? You're telling me there has been zero new analysis on the subject since 1995? No new insights? And even that assumes that Alperovitz's…
……1945 年夏天，这一决定的做出主要是受了与苏联相关的外交考量的影响”——Gar Alperovitz，哈佛大学政治研究所创办研究员，著有《使用原子弹的决定与一个美国神话的构建》（The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth）
…summer of 1945 the decision was primarily influenced by diplomatic considerations related to the Soviet Union" - Gar Alperovitz, founding fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics and author of "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth"
……为了进攻本土会牺牲 50 万条生命，历史记录却大相径庭。近年来的学术研究已经把这点阐明得很清楚了。感兴趣的话，我建议从 Gar Alperovitz 的《使用原子弹的决定》（The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb）读起。顺便提一个细节，讽刺的是，“伤亡全都是日本人”并不是真的。在长崎有大量被强征的外籍劳工，以及当地的日本平民……
…the loss of 500,000 lives invading the mainland the historical record is rather different. Recent scholarship has made this plain. For those interested I recommend starting with Gar Alperovitz's 'The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb.' On a point of detail, ironically it isn't true that 'the only casualties were Japanese." In Nagasaki there were a large number of conscripted foreign workers as well as the native Japanese population…
……日本领导层根本没意识到这一点，直到苏联出兵满洲（就在长崎被扔原子弹的同一天早晨）才逼得他们不得不认清现实。有两本非常详尽的参考书：Gar Alperovitz 写的《使用原子弹的决定》（The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb）以及长谷川毅（Tsuyoshi Hasegawa）写的《与敌人赛跑》（Racing the Enemy）。> 他们也做出了几个极大地限制了死亡人数的决定——比如，没有选择相对较小的军事……
…Japanese leaders didn't understand that until they were forced to realize it by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria (the same morning that the Nagasaki bomb was dropped). Two good detailed references are The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb by Gar Alperovitz and Racing the Enemy by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa. > they also made several decisions that massively limited the amount of death - for instance, instead of picking relatively small military…
Gar Alperovitz 写了关于这个话题的权威之作《使用原子弹的决定》（The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb）。许多美军专家和高级将领当时都认为扔原子弹毫无必要。日本早就注定战败，尤其是苏联参战之后，他们就彻底玩完了。
Gar Alperovitz wrote the definitive book on the subject "The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb". Many US military experts and top generals believed it was unnecessary. Japan was defeated, particularly with the entry of the Soviet Union into the war, it was over for them.
我挺喜欢那本书的，说实话是我最喜欢的书之一。让我大感意外的一个地方是，费曼居然称赞迅速做出使用原子弹的决定。这很显眼，因为这跟我所了解到的他的性格显然不太相符，我实在搞不懂他看重的是哪一点。
I quite enjoyed that book, it's one of my favourites, actually. One part that caught me by surprise was Feynman's praise for the quick decision to use the atomic bomb. That stood out as something in apparent disagreement with the character of his which I learned of, and I didn't know what it was about that that he respected.
> Gar Alperovitz 写了关于这个话题的权威之作《使用原子弹的决定》（The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb）。所谓的“权威之作”？在历史这种学科里这词到底算个啥意思啊？你是说自打 1995 年以来，关于这个话题就再也没有新的分析了？没有任何新洞见了？而且这还是建立在默认 Alperovitz 的……
> Gar Alperovitz wrote the definitive book on the subject "The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb". "definitive"? What does that even mean in a field of study like history? You're telling me there has been zero new analysis on the subject since 1995? No new insights? And even that assumes that Alperovitz's…
……1945 年夏天，这一决定的做出主要是受了与苏联相关的外交考量的影响”——Gar Alperovitz，哈佛大学政治研究所创办研究员，著有《使用原子弹的决定与一个美国神话的构建》（The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth）
…summer of 1945 the decision was primarily influenced by diplomatic considerations related to the Soviet Union" - Gar Alperovitz, founding fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics and author of "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth"