Hiroshima: The World's Bomb

by Andrew J. Rotter

Book Overview

This fast-paced and insightful narrative tells the international story behind the development of the atom bomb, ranging from the global crises that led to the Second World War to the largely unavailing attempts to control the spread of nuclear weapons after the war had ended. Rotter sheds light on the political and strategic decisions that led to the bombing itself, the impact of the bomb on Hiroshima and the endgame of the Pacific War, the effects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192804375
• ISBN13: 9780192804372
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.3" x 6.2"