Allies Invent Atomic Bomb: First Dropped on Japan in The Daily Telegraph by [Atomic Bomb] - 1945

National Academies Press, 1999-05-17. Paperback. Good.

Hiroshimakankobussan, 1974-01-01. Paperback. Very Good.

Boston. 1995. August 1995. Little Brown. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0316831220. 194 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Steve Snider. keywords: Hiroshima History America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unresolved. At the time, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Douglas MacArthur, and chief of staff Admiral William Leahy all agreed that an atomic attack on Japanese cities was unnecessary. All of them believed that Japan had already been beaten and that the war would soon end. Was the bomb dropped to end the war more quickly? Or did it herald the start of the Cold War? In his probing new study, prizewinning historian Ronald Takaki explores these factors and more. He considers the cultural context of race - the ways in which stereotypes of the Japanese influenced public opinion and policymakers - and also probes the human dimension. Relying on top secret military reports,… Read More

Michael Langford. Fine bright stapled wraps with crisp bright text throughout.

New York. 1995. Knopf. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0679443312. 847 pages. hardcover. keywords: Atomic History America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - One of the most controversial issues absorbing America today: Was it necessary to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Fifty years after the fateful summer of 1945, we are still debating Harry Truman's decision. Now, in an exhaustive, thoroughly documented study of the events of that time, Gar Alperovitz makes plain why the United States did not need to deploy the bomb, how Truman was advised of alternatives to it by nearly every civilian and military adviser, and how his final decision was later justified by what amounted to a deception - the claim that the action saved half a million to a million American soldiers who might otherwise have died in an invasion. Alperovitz demonstrates that Japan was close to surrender, that it was profoundly threatened by the prospect of Soviet entry into the war, and that American leaders knew the end… Read More

The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Testimonial Society. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. (history, japan, atomic bomb) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hiroshimakankobussan. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/No dust jacket. Pub. by Hiroshimakankobussan, no date, presumed first edition. Stapled wraps in fine condition; appears new. 7 x 10 in., unpaginated (approx. 32 pp.).

Hiroshima: Hiroshimakankobussan Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good.

Hiroshima City, Japan: Takumi Yokota Year of publication not indicated. Illustrated wrappers. Wrappers and text made from stiff paper binding. 30 pgs. 7" wide x 10" tall. Wrappers have edge wear, but are clean and complete without tares. Text is clean, tight, but has some underlining and hi-lighting on a few pgs. A very scarce, special book consisting of Japanese and English text side-by-side describinh Hiroshima before, during, and after the Atomic Bomb explosion. Many B&W photographs showing the bomb damage to areas of Hiroshima as well as pictures other pictures relating to the bomb. Last three pages show colored art work painted to show the bomb's damage. . First Edition. Stapled Booklet. Very Good Minus/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York & Amsterdam: W. A. Benjamin, Inc., 1966. Very Good EX-LIBRARY copy. Inner hinges are perfect. Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on the endpapers. Corners are NOT bumped. Pages are clean and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A volume in the PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY MONOGRAPH SERIES, edited by Walter Kauzmann. Illustrated with figures. Graphs. Tables. Bibliographical references. Index of Symbols. Index of Subjects. Bound in the original blue cloth, decorated/lettered in red and black on the spine and front cover. [Professor Walter Kauzmann of Princeton University was a member of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos in 1944-45. His efforts contributed to the success of the atomic bomb, nicknamed "Fat Man," which incinerated Nagasaki. It was in 1948 that Kauzmann's classic review of liquid supercooling and glass formation drew attention to temperatures at which entropies and enthalpies of liquid and crystal phases would appear to become equal. The… Read More