I agree with you. I do wish historical context was not so easily lost from the public consciousness, but I don't have a solution for it. I can't find it now, b

I agree with you. I do wish historical context was not so easily lost from the public consciousness, but I don't have a solution for it. I can't find it now, but there was an audible audiobook that I used to have back in the dvd-audio days that showed just how much effort the Japanese government took to even be able to accept surrender when their militaries were extremely hawkish even to the end. It briefly touched on US discussions as well but was primarily focused on the Japanese government. The Emperor of Japan himself had to do a certain amount of conspiring in order to be able to both surrender and not lose face. Even though he was in theory the supreme ruler, apparently if not done correctly there was risk of that military officers would go rogue.