LEADER 03681nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910454974503321 005 20210428223250.0 010 $a1-4008-7443-2 010 $a1-282-15759-0 010 $a9786612157592 010 $a1-4008-2410-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400874439 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788425 035 $a(EBL)457807 035 $a(OCoLC)437034964 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000155765 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11152891 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155765 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10114906 035 $a(PQKB)11207133 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2089545 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48976 035 $a(DE-B1597)474147 035 $a(OCoLC)914434361 035 $a(OCoLC)979581011 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400874439 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457807 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2089545 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312561 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215759 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457807 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788425 100 $a20060710d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFive days in August$b[electronic resource] $ehow World War II became a nuclear war /$fMichael D. Gordin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-16843-1 311 $a0-691-12818-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 147-193) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface to the Paperback Edition --$tAcknowledgments --$tChronology --$tChapter 1. Endings --$tChapter 2. Shock --$tChapter 3. Special --$tChapter 4. Miracle --$tChapter 5. Papacy --$tChapter 6. Revolution --$tChapter 7. Beginnings --$tCoda: On the Scholarly Literature --$tAbbreviations Used in Notes --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aMost 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. 606 $aAtomic bomb$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zJapan 606 $aCapitulations, Military$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aHiroshima-shi (Japan)$xHistory$yBombardment, 1945 607 $aNagasaki-shi (Japan)$xHistory$yBombardment, 1945 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAtomic bomb$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aCapitulations, Military$xHistory 676 $a940.54/2521954 700 $aGordin$b Michael D$0480891 701 $aGordin$b Michael D$0480891 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454974503321 996 $aFive days in August$92460518 997 $aUNINA