A World Destroyed : Hiroshima and Its Legacies, Third Edition /

Continuously in demand since its first, prize-winning edition was published in 1975, this is the classic history of the development of the American atomic bomb, the decision to use it against Japan, and the origins of U.S. atomic diplomacy toward the Soviet Union. In his Preface to this new edition,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sherwin, Martin J. (Autor, Contribuidor)
Otros Autores: Lifton, Robert J. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Colección:Stanford Nuclear Age Series
Temas:
HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE 1987 EDITION
  • NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION TO THE 1987 EDITION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. THE SECRET SITS
  • 1. THE END OF THE BEGINNING
  • 2. SOLDIERS OUT OF UNIFORM
  • II. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
  • 3. THE ATOMIC BOMB AND THE POSTWAR WORLD
  • 4. THE TWO POLICEMEN
  • 5. A QUID PRO QUO
  • III.FIRE AND ICE: FROM WORLD WAR TO COLD WAR
  • 6. THE NEW PRESIDENT
  • 7. PERSUADING RUSSIA TO PLAY BALL
  • 8. THE BOMB, THE WAR, AND THE RUSSIANS
  • 9. DIPLOMACY-AND DESTRUCTION
  • NOTES
  • ON PRIMARY SOURCES IN THE FIELD: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
  • APPENDICES: SELECTED DOCUMENTS
  • INDEX
  • A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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