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Hiroshima : the world's bomb /

The international history of the development of the atomic bomb, its first use against Japan, and the Cold War nuclear arms race that it gave rise to. - ;The US decision to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 remains one of the most controversial events of the twen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rotter, Andrew Jon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Colección:Making of the modern world (Oxford University Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The international history of the development of the atomic bomb, its first use against Japan, and the Cold War nuclear arms race that it gave rise to. - ;The US decision to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 remains one of the most controversial events of the twentieth century. However, the controversy over the rights and wrongs of dropping the bomb has tended to obscure a number of fundamental and sobering truths about the development of this fearsome weapon.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-355) and index.
ISBN:9780191516870
0191516872
0192804375
9780192804372
9781435642522
143564252X
1281341339
9781281341334