Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: GE.GK FS.E Ham / College 2d - Geschichte / Sammlung Duffek	Status: Entliehen	Frist: 27.05.2024	Vorbestellungen: 0

VERLAGSTEXT: / / In this book, Paul Ham examines the nuclear bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. / Japan 1945. In one of the defining moments of the twentieth century, more than 100,000 people were killed instantly by two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US Air Force B29s. Hundreds of thousands more succumbed to their horrific injuries, or slowly perished of radiation-related sickness. Hiroshima Nagasaki tells the story of the tragedy through the eyes of the survivors, from the twelve-year-olds forced to work in war factories to the wives and children who faced it alone. Through their harrowing personal testimonies, we are reminded that these were ordinary people, given no warning and no chance to escape the horror. American leaders claimed that the bombings were 'our least abhorrent choice' and fell strictly on 'military targets'. Even today, most people believe they ended the Pacific War and saved millions of American and Japanese lives. Hiroshima Nagasaki challenges this deep-set perception, revealing that the atomic bombings were the final crippling blow to the Japanese in a stratgic air war waged primarily against civilians. / /

 

AUS DEM INHALT: / / Notes on style p. viii / Japanese terms p. ix / Winter 1945 p. 13 / Two Cities p. 26 / Feuersturm p. 47 / President p. 68 / Atom p. 87 / The Manhattan Project p. 105 / Spring 1945 p. 131 / The Target Committee p. 147 / Japan Defeated p. 166 / Unconditional Surrender p. 190 / Trinity p. 210 / Potsdam p. 230 / Mokusatsu p. 251 / Summer 1945 p. 267 / Tinian Island p. 278 / Augusta p. 301 / Hiroshima, 6 August 1945 p. 315 / Invasion p. 339 / Nagasaki, 9 August 1945 p. 357 / Surrender p. 380 / Reckoning p. 407 / Hibakusha p. 432 / Why p. 459 / Epilogue Dead Heat p. 488 / Appendices p. 511 / Endnotes p. 535 / Select Bibliography p. 591 / Acknowledgements p. 602 / Index p. 607