Author's Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the 1985 edition The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski
Preface

Chapter I The Strategy of an Immediate Showdown
Chapter II The Strategy of a Delayed Showdown
Chapter III The Decision to Postpone a Confrontation with Stalin
Chapter IV The Far East and Two Faces of the Strategy of Delay
Chapter V The Tactics of the Potsdam Conference (I)
Chapter VI The Tactics of the Potsdam Conference (II)
Chapter VII American Diplomacy Takes the Offensive
Chapter VIII Conclusions

Appendix I A Note on the Historical Debate Over Questions Concerning Truman's 1945 Strategy of Delay
Appendix II Excerpts from a 1946 U.S. Intelligence Report
Appendix III Stimson's Unsuccessful Attempt to Change the Strategy of Delay Before Leaving Office
Appendix IV "Atomic Warfare and the Christian Faith": A Report from the Federal Council of Churches, 1946
Appendix V Excerpts from "The Challenge of Peace": National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Pastoral Letter on War and Peace, 1983

Bibliography of Important Sources
Notes
Index