Langley, Andrew.

Summary: Describes the events surrounding the World War II bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, discussing the long term repercussions and the overall results from a military standpoint.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2006

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Brallier, Jess M

Summary: "By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end. And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020

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Pellegrino, Charles R.

Summary: Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2010

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Walker, Stephen

Summary: On a quiet Monday morning in August 1945, the first atomic bomb detonated as expected, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths. The Japanese surrendered nine days later. But if the bombing of Hiroshima represents one of the signal events of the twentieth century--indeed, in the history of mankind--at the time it was but another episode in an unprecedented drama whose final act had begun three weeks...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005

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Malloy, Sean L. (Sean Langdon)

Contents: Introduction : "Its use must weigh heavily on our minds and on our hearts" -- The education of Henry L. Stimson -- The road to Pearl Harbor -- "A most terrible thing" -- "The international situation" -- The ordeal of Henry L. Stimson -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki by way of Potsdam -- The last full measure -- "The full enumeration of the steps in the tragedy" -- Conclusion : "a grave and continuing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell University Press 2008

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Wheeler, Keith.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1983

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Rotter, Andrew Jon.

Summary: Reveals the international story behind the creation of the atom bomb and the development of the modern age, as it discusses the crises that led to the Second World War, unsuccessful attempts to control the spread of nuclear weapons, the political and strategic decisions that led to the bomb, and its implications for the modern world.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008

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Wallace, Chris

Summary: A Fox News Sunday anchor and a Pulitzer Prize-winning AP investigative journalist present a behind-the-scenes account of the secret meetings, global events, leadership decisions, and civilian realities that led to the Hiroshima bombing.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Takaki, Ronald T.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1995

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