Five Days in August : : How World War II Became a Nuclear War / / Michael D. Gordin.
Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the military did not clearly understand the atomic bomb's revolutionary strategic potential, that the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 2 halftones. 5 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Chapter 1. Endings
- Chapter 2. Shock
- Chapter 3. Special
- Chapter 4. Miracle
- Chapter 5. Papacy
- Chapter 6. Revolution
- Chapter 7. Beginnings
- Coda: On the Scholarly Literature
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Notes
- Index