Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Subtitle: the real story of the atomic bombings and their aftermath
By: Paul Ham
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 629
ISBN-13: 9781250047113
Subjects: Atomic bomb victims; Moral and ethical aspects; Government policy; World War, 1939-1945; Atomic bomb; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-601) and index.
Table of contents: title: Winter 1945; title: Two cities; title: Feuersturm; title: President; title: Atom; title: The Manhattan Project; title: Spring 1945; title: The Target Committee; title: Japan defeated; title: Unconditional surrender; title: Trinity; title: Potsdam; title: Mokusatsu; title: Sumer 1945; title: Tinian Island; title: Augusta; title: Hiroshima, 6 August 1945; title: Invasion; title: Nagasaki, 9 August 1945; title: Surrender; title: Reckoning; title: Hibakusha; title: Why; title: Dead meat.