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Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Language
English
Pages
272

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Subjects

Kernwaffe, Moral and ethical aspects, Geschichte, Atomic bomb, Atombombenabwurf, History, Atomic bomb, moral and ethical aspects, Hiroshima-shi (japan), history, bombardment, 1945, Nagasaki-shi (japan), bombardment, 1945

Places

United States, Hiroshima-shi (Japan), Nagasaki-shi (Japan), USA, Japan

Times

Bombardment, 1945
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The atom bomb
2000, Greenhaven Press
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Brief history of the atom bomb
Development of the atom bomb
Discovery of fission / C. P. Snow ; First nuclear chain reaction / Laura Fermi ; Race to make the atom bomb / Robert C. Batchelder ; Manhattan Project / Ferenc Morton Szasz ; Trinity Test / Leslie R. Groves
Decision to drop the atom bomb
It was always assumed the bomb would be used / Alan Cranston ; Government was justified in using the atom bomb / Henry L. Stimson ; Using the atom bomb was unnecessary and immoral / Hanson W. Baldwin ; Atom bomb was used to intimidate the Soviets / Gar Alperovitz ;
Aftermath
Hiroshima survivor's tale / Atsuko Tsujioka ; Visiting the devastation of Nagasaki / Charles W. Sweeney ; Society laid waste / Committee for the Compilation
America in the Cold War
U.S. soldiers are exposed to radiation in postwar tests / Michael Uhl and Tod Ensign ; Continuing cycle of fear and apathy / Paul Boyer ; Atom bomb in pop culture / Bryan C. Taylor
In retrospect : scientists evaluate the atom bomb
Scientist leaves the Manhattan Project / Joseph Rotblat ; Scientists look back on the Manhattan Project / William L. Laurence ; Scientists must be morally responsible for their work / John A. Simpson ; United States was right to build the hydrogen bomb / Edward Teller
Epilogue : Enola Gay controversy / Michael J. Hogan.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-264) and index.

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San Diego, Calif
Series
Turning points, Turning points (Greenhaven Press)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355.8/25119
Library of Congress
UG1282 .A872 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
272 p.;
Number of pages
272

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24963875M
ISBN 10
0737702141, 073770215X
ISBN 13
9780737702149, 9780737702156
LCCN
99034739
OCLC/WorldCat
41628179

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