| Description |
xiv., 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, map ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
At 9.15 a.m on 6 August 1945 a bomb plummets towards a city. There are no warning. When it explodes the temperature soars to millions of degrees. Tens of thousands of people are annihilated. The destruction is catastrophic, as if a small sun had suddenly blown itself to bits. In that instant, the name Hiroshima is stamped on the consciousness of a world which will never be the same again. This book contains unprecedented interviews with American and Japanes witnesses, including the co-pilot who wrote a minute-by-minute- diary on board the 'Enola Gay', the atomic scientist who arms the bomb in mid-air, the Japanese student desperately searching for his lover in the ruins of the city and the doctor forced to treat thousands of burnt bodies with only soy-bean oil and leaves |
| Bibliography |
Inlcudes bibliographical references: pages 343-351 |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.
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Nuclear warfare.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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| SUBJECT |
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95003738
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| ISBN |
0719566258 |
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0719566258 hardback |
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0719566258 cased |
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0719567734 paperback |
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