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Five days in August : how World War II became a nuclear war / Michael D. Gordin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordin, Michael D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atomic bomb--United States--History.
- Atomic bomb.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Capitulations, Military--Japan--History--20th century.
- Capitulations, Military.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan).
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 need for a third bomb, they were skeptical about whether the atomic bomb would work at all. With these ideas, Michael Gordin reorients the historical and contemporary conversation about the A-bomb and World War II. Five Days in August explores these and countless other legacies of the atomic bomb in a glaring new light. Daring and iconoclastic, it will result in far-reaching discussions about the significance of the A-bomb, about World War II, and about the moral issues they have spawned.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Chapter 1. Endings
- Chapter 2. Shock
- Chapter 3. Special
- Chapter 4. Miracle
- Chapter 5. Papacy
- Chapter 6. Revolution
- Chapter 7. Beginnings
- Coda: On the Scholarly Literature
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-193) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612157592
- 9781400874439
- 1400874432
- 9781282157590
- 1282157590
- 9781400824106
- 1400824109
- OCLC:
- 437034964
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