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Countdown 1945 : the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and the 116 days that changed the world  Cover Image Book Book

Countdown 1945 : the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and the 116 days that changed the world / Chris Wallace with Mitch Weiss.

Wallace, Chris, (author.). Weiss, Mitch, (author.).

Summary:

A "behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the Americans attack on Hiroshima"--Dust jacket flap.
April 12, 1945: America is stunned by the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents. Wallace tells the gripping true story of the turbulent days, weeks, and months leading up to August 6, 1945, when Truman gives the order to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. He takes readers inside the minds of the iconic and elusive figures who join the quest for the bomb, each for different reasons. Truman's journey during these 116 days is a story of high drama: from the conflicting advice he receives from generals, to wrestling with the devastating carnage that will result if he gives the order to use America's first weapon of mass destruction. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982143343
  • ISBN: 1982143347
  • Physical Description: 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Illustrations on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index.
Subject: Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
United States > Foreign relations > Japan.
Atomic bomb > United States > History.
World War, 1939-1945.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Juvenile literature.
United States > Foreign relations > Japan > Juvenile literature.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Union Carnegie Public Library.

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Union Carnegie Public Library 940.54 WALLACE (Text) 37883000395927 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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