03681nam 2200769 a 450 991045497450332120210428223250.01-4008-7443-21-282-15759-097866121575921-4008-2410-910.1515/9781400874439(CKB)1000000000788425(EBL)457807(OCoLC)437034964(SSID)ssj0000155765(PQKBManifestationID)11152891(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155765(PQKBWorkID)10114906(PQKB)11207133(MiAaPQ)EBC2089545(MdBmJHUP)muse48976(DE-B1597)474147(OCoLC)914434361(OCoLC)979581011(DE-B1597)9781400874439(MiAaPQ)EBC457807(Au-PeEL)EBL2089545(CaPaEBR)ebr10312561(CaONFJC)MIL215759(Au-PeEL)EBL457807(EXLCZ)99100000000078842520060710d2007 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrFive days in August[electronic resource] how World War II became a nuclear war /Michael D. Gordin1st ed.Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20071 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-16843-1 0-691-12818-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-193) and index.Front matter --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 --IndexMost 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 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. Five Days in August explores these and countless other legacies of the atomic bomb in a glaring new light. Daring and iconoclastic, it will result in far-reaching discussions about the significance of the A-bomb, about World War II, and about the moral issues they have spawned.Atomic bombUnited StatesHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945JapanCapitulations, MilitaryJapanHistory20th centuryHiroshima-shi (Japan)HistoryBombardment, 1945Nagasaki-shi (Japan)HistoryBombardment, 1945Electronic books.Atomic bombHistory.World War, 1939-1945Capitulations, MilitaryHistory940.54/2521954Gordin Michael D480891Gordin Michael D480891MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454974503321Five days in August2460518UNINA