Hiroshima, Nagasaki : the real story of the atomic bombings and their aftermath / Paul Ham

By: Material type: TextTextCopyright date: �2011Description: viii, 716p., ills, index 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780552778503
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.542521954 23
LOC classification:
  • D767.25 .H26 2013 H334 2014
Other classification:
  • K.54b
Contents:
Winter 1945 -- Two cities -- Feuersturm -- President -- Atom -- The Manhattan Project -- Spring 1945 -- The Target Committee -- Japan defeated -- Unconditional surrender -- Trinity -- Potsdam -- Mokusatsu -- Sumer 1945 -- Tinian Island -- Augusta -- Hiroshima, 6 August 1945 -- Invasion -- Nagasaki, 9 August 1945 -- Surrender -- Reckoning -- Hibakusha -- Why -- Dead meat.
Summary: In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War.
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Books Books Kwara State University Library Non-fiction D767.25 .H26 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 016964-01

Originally published: Australia : HarperCollins Publishers, Australia Pty Limited, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-601) and index.

Winter 1945 -- Two cities -- Feuersturm -- President -- Atom -- The Manhattan Project -- Spring 1945 -- The Target Committee -- Japan defeated -- Unconditional surrender -- Trinity -- Potsdam -- Mokusatsu -- Sumer 1945 -- Tinian Island -- Augusta -- Hiroshima, 6 August 1945 -- Invasion -- Nagasaki, 9 August 1945 -- Surrender -- Reckoning -- Hibakusha -- Why -- Dead meat.

In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War.

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