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" Five days in August : "
Michael D. Gordin.
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BL
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Record Number
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962504
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b716874
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Main Entry
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Gordin, Michael D.
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Title & Author
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Five days in August : : how World War II became a nuclear war /\ Michael D. Gordin.
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Publication Statement
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Princeton, N.J. :: Princeton University Press,, ©2007.
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xv, 209 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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ISBN
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0691128189
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: 9780691128184
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-193) and index.
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Abstract
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"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 presents a different interpretation: that the military did not clearly understand the atomic bomb's revolutionary strategic potential, that the Allies were almost as stunned by the surrender as the Japanese were by the attack, and that not only had experts planned and fully anticipated the need for a third bomb, they were skeptical about whether the atomic bomb would work at all. With these ideas, Michael Gordin reorients the historical and contemporary conversation about the A-bomb and World War II."--Jacket.
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Atomic bomb-- United States-- History.
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Capitulations, Military-- Japan-- History-- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Japan.
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Bombe atomique-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Capitulation militaire-- Japon-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945-- Japon.
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15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
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Atomic bomb.
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Capitulations, Military.
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Weltkrieg
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Bombardementen.
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Capitulaties.
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Conventionele wapens.
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Kernwapens.
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Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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Hiroshima-shi (Japan), History, Bombardment, 1945.
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Nagasaki-shi (Japan), History, Bombardment, 1945.
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Hiroshima (Japon), Histoire, 1945 (Bombardement)
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Nagasaki (Japon), Histoire, 1945 (Bombardement)
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Hiroshima, Atombombenabwurf.
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Japan, Hiroshima-shi.
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Japan, Nagasaki-shi.
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Japan.
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Japan.
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Nagasaki, Atombombenabwurf.
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United States.
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USA.
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Verenigde Staten.
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Dewey Classification
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940.54/2521954
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LC Classification
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D767.25.H6G67 2007
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NLM classification
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15.59bcl
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940.54252195422
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GB531kktb
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