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Author Ham, Paul, author.

Title Hiroshima, Nagasaki : the real story of the atomic bombings and their aftermath / Paul Ham.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2014.
©2011

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  940.5425 HAM    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.5425 HAM    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5425 HAM    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.54 HAM    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.5425 HAM    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.54 H17    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.5425 HAM    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  940.5425 HAM    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5425 HAM    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  940.5425 HAM    Check Shelf

Order cancelled for West Hartford, Noah Webster Library.
Order cancelled for West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch.
Order cancelled for West Hartford, Faxon Branch.
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description ix, 629 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Originally published: Australia : HarperCollins Publishers, Australia Pty Limited, 2011.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-601) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi.
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi.
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi.
Atomic bomb -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781250047113 (hardcover) $35.00
1250047110 (hardcover)
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