David,
Re: "the other side's view", I was strickly referring to the attacks at Pearl and Midway and the military tactics employed. The two Prague books are intended as factual accounts, by both sides, of the battles. Prague's work was done not so long after the war and certainly not 'revisionist' in any way.

I'm not sufficiently educated in enough facts surrounding the decision to drop the two atomic bombs to form an opinion as to whether it saved lives or whether it was a moral decision. You may be correct regarding saving lives in the long run. However, I suspect a directed attack resulting in massive civilian population deaths would be ill recieved today (see Brian's quote from LeMay). But, we're not talking about today.