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The Manhattan Project and the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb - The Essential Reference Guide (Hardcover)
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The Manhattan Project and the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb - The Essential Reference Guide (Hardcover)
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This invaluable resource offers students a comprehensive overview
of the Manhattan Project and the decision to drop the atomic bomb,
with more than 80 in-depth articles on a variety of topics and
dozens of key primary source documents. This book provides
everything readers need to know about the Manhattan Project, the
U.S. program that led to the development of the atomic bomb during
World War II. It begins with a detailed introduction to the project
and includes an alphabetical collection of relevant entries on such
topics as the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb;
Enrico Fermi, creator of the first nuclear reactor; Hiroshima, the
target of the first atomic bomb; and Robert Oppenheimer, director
of the Manhattan Project. Dozens of primary sources include
eyewitness accounts, government memos, letters, press releases, and
other important documents relevant to the establishment and success
of the Manhattan Project. A set of four essays written by prominent
scholars address whether the United States was justified in
dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. The book also includes a
comprehensive chronology that reveals key moments related to the
creation of the world's first nuclear weapon as well as a
bibliography of resources that points readers toward additional
information on the Manhattan Project, nuclear weapons, and World
War II. Provides an important resource for understanding the
decision-making process and programs that led to the successful
development of the atomic bomb Offers readers the critical material
to understand the controversial decision by President Harry Truman
to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Provides an A
through Z review of all the key reference content needed to form
the complete picture of the Manhattan Project Introduces readers to
many of the key primary source documents related to the Manhattan
Project and the atomic bomb
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