Hiroshima
Subtitle: the world's bomb
By: Andrew J. Rotter.
Series: Making of the modern world; Making of the modern world (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780192804372
Subjects: Atomic bomb -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-355) and index.
Table of contents: title: The world's atom; title: Great Britain : refugees, air power, and the possibility of the bomb; title: Japan and Germany : paths not taken; title: The United States I : imagining and building the bomb; title: The United States II : using the bomb; title: Japan : the atomic bombs and war's end; title: The Soviet Union : the bomb and the Cold War; title: The world's bomb; title: Epilogue : nightmares and hopes.