01573cam a2200301 4500 388796888 TxAuBib 20090122120000.0 010530s1986||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 85013214 //r892 9780070356832 0070356831 TxAuBib Kurzman, Dan, 1922-2010. Day of the Bomb : Countdown to Hiroshima / Dan Kurzman. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1986. xiv, 546 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. 505-532. Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Prologue -- The Initiator -- The Puppeteer -- The Traitor -- The Enforcer -- The Puppet -- The Whipcracker -- The Patriot -- The Maker -- The Hero -- The Inheritor -- The Warrior -- The Dissenter -- The Realist -- The Intimidator -- The Outsider -- The Bluffers -- The Gadget -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. A documentary reading like a fictional thriller, Day of the Bomb draws upon 100s of personal interviews & 1000s of documents (many previously unpublished) revealing the events leading to the nuclear bombings of Japan. 20010530. World War II, 1939-1945 Biography. World War II, 1939-1945 Japan. Nuclear Warfare Moral and ethical aspects. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945. Biographies and Autobiographies. History 20th Century.