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Format:

Book

Author:

Ham, Paul.

Title:

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

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, [2014]

Description:

ix, 629 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi.

Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi.

Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi.

Atomic bomb -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-601) and index.

Contents:

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

LCCN:

2014008489

ISBN:

9781250047113 (hardcover)

1250047110 (hardcover)

Other Number:

857982181

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

435817

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

940.54252 Ham