The atomic bomb in images and documents : the Manhattan Project and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Samuel S. Kloda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kloda, Samuel S., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manhattan Project (U.S.).

Atomic bomb--United States--History--20th century.

Atomic bomb.

Atomic bomb--Japan--Hiroshima-shi.

Atomic bomb--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--Pictorial works.

Atomic bomb--Japan--Nagasaki-shi.

Atomic bomb--Japan--Nagasaki-shi--Pictorial works.

Atomic bomb--History--20th century.

Manhattan Project (U.S.)--History.

History.

Japan--Nagasaki-shi.

Japan--Hiroshima-shi.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

vii, 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Manhattan Project and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

"Samuel S. Kloda spent 40+ years meeting with the scientists who built the first atomic bombs, and the crews that delivered them to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He searched archives throughout the U.S. Newly unearthed documents were brought to former members of the Manhattan Project or the 509th Composite Group, who were always willing to help. Most of the major books on the Manhattan Project were published before 1973. In the years that followed, newly declassified documents became available and showed that many authors had included huge inaccuracies. Richly illustrated with important documents and photographs, Kloda's chronicle sets the record straight. Readers will see how a single letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939 led to the formation of the Advisory Committee on Uranium and, within six years, to the secret Manhattan Project employing more than 100,000 men and women."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Uranium and Plutonium

2. The Manhattan Project

3. Los Alamos National Laboratory

4. The First Atomic Bomb: Trinity

5. Paul W. Tibbets

6. Preparations for the Atomic Bombings

7. Tinian

8. The Potsdam Declaration

9. Planning the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

10. The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

11. Truman's Address to the Nation

12. The Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki

13. Japan Surrenders

14. The Bikini Atoll Tests.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476684888

147668488X

OCLC:

1263808012

Publisher Number:

99990016426