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Hiroshima, Nagasaki the real story of the atomic bombings and their aftermath

In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War.

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Main Author: Ham, Paul
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Moral and ethical aspects.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Moral and ethical aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Nagasaki-shi.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Nagasaki-shi.
Atomic bomb > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
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Summary:In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War.
Item Description:Originally published in Australia in 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers, Australia Pty Limited.
Physical Description:ix, 629 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-601) and index.
ISBN:9781250047113 (hardcover)
1250047110 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Paul Ham is an Australian historian, journalist and author, He was born in Sydney, Australia in 1960. He earned his master's degree in economic history from the London School of Economics. He began working for the London Sunday Times in 1998 as their Australia correspondent.

He is the author of Kokoda (2004), Vietnam: The Australian War (2007), Hiroshima Nagasaki (2011), Sandakan: The Untold Story of the Sandakan Death Marches (2012), 1914: The Year the World Ended (2013), and Passchendaele: Requiem for Doomed Youth (2017). He won the Queensland Literary Award for Non-Fiction in 2014 for his work, 1914: The Year the World Ended. He also received the 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Douglas Stewart Prize for Nonfiction for Passchendaele: Requiem for Doomed Youth. His other work includes 1913, The Target Committee, and Honey, We Forgot the Kids (co-authored with psychotherapist Bernie Brown).

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