Day One; Before Hiroshima and After by Peter Wyden - 1984

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1984 Simon & Schuster, New York. 1984. Hardcover. BCE Edition. Book is tight, square and unmarked but for former owner name stamp on textblock top. Book Condition: Very Good; light soiling to text block edges. DJ: Good+; chipping and closed tears to top and bottom edges; slight wear to tip covers. Maps as endpapers. 412 pp 8vo. Here in all its drama is the creation and use of the atomic bomb. This book breaks through the myths of the bomb; the ignorance of those called on to use it and the unknown aftereffects of it. This book shows how the nuclear age was the child of errors and misunderstandings; the scientific breakthroughs and the espionage; the manipulations and false assumptions. This is the complete unvarnished account of the greatest gamble in the history of the human race. A clean and presentable copy in Brodart mylar jacket.