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A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies
Contributor(s): Sherwin, Martin J. (Author), Lifton, Robert J. (Foreword by)

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ISBN: 0804739579     ISBN-13: 9780804739573
Publisher: Stanford University Press
OUR PRICE: $28.50  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: August 2003
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Annotation: " The quality of Sherwin' s research and the strength of his argument are far superior to previous accounts." -- New York Times Book Review
" Probably the definitive account for a long time to come. . . . Sherwin has tackled some of the critical questions of the Cold War' s origins-- and has settled them, in my opinion." -- Walter LaFeber, Cornell University

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Nuclear Warfare
- History | Military - World War Ii
- History | Asia - Japan
Dewey: 940.532
LCCN: 2003014107
Series: Stanford Nuclear Age (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.54" W x 8.66" L (1.07 lbs) 375 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Cultural Region - Japanese
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:

Continuously in demand since its first, prize-winning edition was published in 1975, this is the classic history of the development of the American atomic bomb, the decision to use it against Japan, and the origins of U.S. atomic diplomacy toward the Soviet Union.

In his Preface to this new edition, the author describes and evaluates the lengthening trail of new evidence that has come to light concerning these often emotionally debated subjects. The author also invokes his experience as a historical advisor to the controversial, aborted 1995 Enola Gay exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. This leads him to analyze the impact on American democracy of one of the most insidious of the legacies of Hiroshima: the political control of historical interpretation.

Reviews of Previous Editions

The quality of Sherwin's research and the strength of his argument are far superior to previous accounts.

--New York Times Book Review

Probably the definitive account for a long time to come. . . . Sherwin has tackled some of the critical questions of the Cold War's origins--and has settled them, in my opinion.

--Walter LaFeber,

Cornell University

One of those rare achievements of conscientious scholarship, a book at once graceful and luminous, yet loyal to its documentation and restrained in its speculations.

--Boston Globe

 
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