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A World Destroyed Lib/E: Hiroshima and Its Legacies
Contributor(s): Sherwin, Martin J. (Author), Cullen, Patrick (Read by)
ISBN: 1433227827     ISBN-13: 9781433227820
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $68.40  
Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats
Published: August 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War Ii
- History | Military - Nuclear Warfare
- History | Modern - 20th Century
Dewey: 327.117
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.5" W x 6.1" (0.60 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Cultural Region - Japanese
 
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Publisher Description:

Continuously in demand since its first, prize-winning edition was published in 1973, this is the classic history of Hiroshima and the origins of the arms race, from the development of the American atomic bomb to the decision to use it against Japan and the beginnings of US atomic diplomacy toward the Soviet Union. In the introduction, the author describes and evaluates the lengthening trail of new evidence that has come to light concerning these often emotionally debated subjects. He also invokes his experience as a historical advisor to the controversial, aborted 1995 Enola Gay exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, which leads him to analyze the impact on American democracy of one of the most insidious legacies of Hiroshima: the political control of historical interpretation.


Contributor Bio(s): Sherwin, Martin J.: -

Martin J. Sherwin won the Pulitzer Prize for his book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Stuart L. Bernath Prize and the American History Book Prize for A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies. He is currently a University Professor at George Mason University and professor emeritus at Tufts, where he founded the Nuclear Age History Center.

Cullen, Patrick: -

Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.