Hiroshima: The World's Bomb

by Andrew J. Rotter

Book Overview

The US decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima remains one of the most controversial events of the twentieth century. But as this fascinating new history shows, the bomb dropped by an American pilot that hot August morning was in many ways the world's bomb, in both a technological and a moral sense. And it was the world that would have to face its consequences, strategically, diplomatically, and culturally, in the years ahead. In this fast-paced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199569762
• ISBN13: 9780199569762
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"