Shockwave : countdown to Hiroshima
Walker, Stephen, 1961-2020
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On a quiet Monday morning in August 1945, a five-ton bomb - dubbed 'Little Boy' by its creators - was dropped from an American plane onto the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On that day, a firestorm of previously unimagined power was unleashed on a vibrant metropolis of 300,000 people, leaving one third of its population dead, its buildings and landmarks incinerated. It was the terrifying dawn of the Atomic Age, spawning decades of paranoia, mistrust, and a widespread and very real fear of the potential annihilation of the human race. In a riveting minute-by-minute retelling, Stephen Walker traces the human stories, horrific realities and long-term consequences of what happened when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped, as remembered by American soldiers, Los Alamos scientists and Japanese survivors.
Main title:
Shockwave : countdown to Hiroshima / Stephen Walker.
Author:
Walker, Stephen, 1961-, author
Edition:
2020 edition.
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2020.
Collation:
xvii, 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: John Murray, 2005.Previous edition: London: John Murray, 2005.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780008372552 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.542521954940.542521
Language:
English
BRN:
2964057