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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Hiroshima Hiroshima John Richard Hersey Describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast. OL2700123W
Enola Gay Enola Gay Thomas. Reconstructs the events culminating in the momentous flight of the B-29 Enola Gay which dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. OL2999844W
The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth Gar Alperovitz One of the most controversial issues absorbing America today: Was it necessary to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Fifty years after the fateful summer of 1945, we are still debating … OL3482807W
President Truman and the atomic bomb President Truman and the atomic bomb Michael O'Neal Discusses the events and decisions that led to the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, particularly Truman's role as decision maker and initiator of the act. OL3488986W
The bombing of Hiroshima The bombing of Hiroshima John Malam Relates how scientists in several countries over a period of many years conducted research that ultimately led to the invention of the atomic bomb, which was then used against Japan in the hope of en… OL457004W