What was the bombing of Hiroshima?
Title
:
What was the bombing of Hiroshima?
Personal Author EPSB
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Jess M., Brallier
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 anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful account of these history-changing events, Jess Brallier explains the leadup to the bombing, what the terrible results of it were, and how the threat of atomic war has colored world events since".
Year Published
:
2020
Series
:
What was--?
Physical Description
:
106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm
Subject
:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi.
Atomic bomb.
Geographic Term
:
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
Added Author
:
Foley, Tim, 1962-
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 anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful account of these history-changing events, Jess Brallier explains the leadup to the bombing, what the terrible results of it were, and how the threat of atomic war has colored world events since".
ISBN
:
9781524792657
Publisher
:
New York : Penguin Workshop, [2020]
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Mount Pleasant | 940.54 BRA (BIN) | Book | 30152000264427 | Non-Fiction |