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Pages: 256
Pages: 256
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-24 - Publisher: McFarland
On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, which ushered on the end of World War II. For the 50th anniversary of this maj
Language: en
Pages: 501
Pages: 501
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
At 8:15 A.M., August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay released her load. For forty three seconds, the world's first atomic bomb plunged through six miles of clear air to
Language: en
Pages: 306
Pages: 306
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-08-15 - Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
From the "taming of the West" to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American poli
Language: en
Pages: 400
Pages: 400
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-15 - Publisher: JHU Press
"From an insider's perspective, Robert C. Post ... offers insight into the politics of display and the interpretation of history. Never before has a book about
Language: en
Pages: 337
Pages: 337
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-26 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
John Mueller argues how our obsession with nuclear weapons is unsupported by history, scientific fact, or logic. Examining the entire atomic era, Mueller boldly