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  1. www.cambridge.org › core › books3 - James F. Byrnes, the Atomic Bomb, and the Pacific War

    Jun 5, 2012 · A proper accounting of the development of American policy to defeat Japan and bring World War II to an end must take due note of the crucial role played by James F. Byrnes. Although he is not well-remembered today, the experienced South Carolinian possessed tremendous gifts for politics.

  2. doug-long.com › byrnesJames Byrnes and the Atomic Bombing of Japan - Doug Long

    Byrnes never openly threatened the Soviets with the atomic bomb. But his feelings about covert atomic diplomacy were noticed shortly after the war by Sec. of War Henry Stimson, Assistant Sec. of War John McCloy, and Manhattan Project scientific director J. Robert Oppenheimer, all of whom were worried that even an implied nuclear threat could ...

  3. history.stackexchange.com › questions › 11034united states - What was the extent of influence of James ...

    Byrnes is noted often for the copiousness and precision of his conference notes, but any notes he may have made on the Atomic Bomb decisions in July and August 1945 seem either not to exist anymore, or to still be classified.

  4. www.jstor.org › stable › pdfThe Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb - JSTOR

    Dec 30, 2003 · the effort to produce an atomic bomb offered increasing promise of success, those few men who knew what was being done and who appreciated the enormous implications of atomic energy became more and more concerned. Most of this concern came from the scientists in the Metallurgical Laboratory

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  6. www.asianstudies.org › publications › eaaLearning from Truman's Decision: The Atomic Bomb and Japan's ...

    President Truman and his Secretary of State James Byrnes missed a historic opportunity by not attempting to end the war through compromise and a clear warning to Japan about the atom bomb in the Potsdam Declaration, followed by a demonstration of the bomb’s power in a non-lethal setting.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_FJames F. Byrnes - Wikipedia

    It was Byrnes who shared information with the new president on the atomic bomb project (until then, Truman had known nothing about the Manhattan Project). [ 34 ] In the 2023 film Oppenheimer , directed by Christopher Nolan , Byrnes was portrayed by actor Pat Skipper .

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  9. www.jstor.org › stable › 2701889The Jimmy Byrnes Story

    Byrnes tried to use the bomb as an implied threat in their negotiations with the Russians. When Stalin and Molotov refused to give in to this pressure, and Truman and Byrnes recognized that the bomb could not be used to assure free elections in Eastern Europe or to force Soviet evacuation of northern