Five Days in August: How World War II Became a Nuclear War

by Michael D. Gordin

Book Overview

Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the military did not clearly understand the atomic bomb's revolutionary strategic potential, that the Allies were almost as stunned by the surrender as the Japanese were by the attack, and that not only had experts planned and fully anticipated the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691128189
• ISBN13: 9780691128184
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"