In The Politics of History, Zinn described how the bombing was ordered—three weeks before the war in Europe ended—by military officials who were, in part, motivated more by the desire for their own career advancement than in legitimate military objectives.
U Politici istorije, Zin je opisao način na koji je napad bio naređen - tri nedelje pre nego što se rat u Evropi završio - od strane vojnih oficira koje je više motivisala želja za ličnim napretkom u karijeri, nego legitimni vojni objekti.