Hiroshima, Nagasaki : the real story of the atomic bombings and their aftermath /
Ham, Paul.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki : the real story of the atomic bombings and their aftermath / Paul Ham. - First U.S. edition. - ix, 629 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-601) and index.
Winter 1945 -- Two cities -- Feuersturm -- President -- Atom -- The Manhattan Project -- Spring 1945 -- The Target Committee -- Japan defeated -- Unconditional surrender -- Trinity -- Potsdam -- Mokusatsu -- Summer 1945 -- Tinian Island -- Augusta -- Hiroshima, 6 August 1945 -- Invasion -- Nagasaki, 9 August 1945 -- Surrender -- Reckoning -- Hibakusha -- Why -- Dead heat.
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.
1250047110 (hardcover) 9781250047113 (hardcover)
2014008489
Atomic bomb victims--Japan--Hiroshima-shi.
Atomic bomb victims--Japan--Nagasaki-shi.
Atomic bomb--Government policy--History--United States--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Nagasaki-shi.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Moral and ethical aspects.--Bombardment, 1945
Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Moral and ethical aspects.--Bombardment, 1945
Hiroshima, Nagasaki : the real story of the atomic bombings and their aftermath / Paul Ham. - First U.S. edition. - ix, 629 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-601) and index.
Winter 1945 -- Two cities -- Feuersturm -- President -- Atom -- The Manhattan Project -- Spring 1945 -- The Target Committee -- Japan defeated -- Unconditional surrender -- Trinity -- Potsdam -- Mokusatsu -- Summer 1945 -- Tinian Island -- Augusta -- Hiroshima, 6 August 1945 -- Invasion -- Nagasaki, 9 August 1945 -- Surrender -- Reckoning -- Hibakusha -- Why -- Dead heat.
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.
1250047110 (hardcover) 9781250047113 (hardcover)
2014008489
Atomic bomb victims--Japan--Hiroshima-shi.
Atomic bomb victims--Japan--Nagasaki-shi.
Atomic bomb--Government policy--History--United States--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Nagasaki-shi.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Moral and ethical aspects.--Bombardment, 1945
Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Moral and ethical aspects.--Bombardment, 1945