Five Days in August : How World War II Became a Nuclear War /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gordin, Michael D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Capitulations, Military.
Atomic bomb.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Capitulation militaire > Japon > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Japon.
Bombe atomique > États-Unis > Histoire.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan.
Capitulations, Military > Japan > History > 20th century.
Atomic bomb > United States > History.
United States.
Japan > Nagasaki-shi.
Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Japan.
Nagasaki (Japon) > Histoire > 1945 (Bombardement)
Hiroshima (Japon) > Histoire > 1945 (Bombardement)
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology
  • ch. 1. Endings
  • ch. 2. Shock
  • ch. 3. Special
  • ch. 4. Miracle
  • ch. 5. Papacy
  • ch. 6. Revolution
  • ch. 7. Beginnings
  • Coda : On the scholarly literature
  • Abbreviations used in notes
  • Notes
  • Index.

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