How Did It Happen: Hiroshima

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The How Did It Happen series provides a straightforward guide to some of the major turning points in the course of modern history.
The threat of nuclear weapons has cast its shadow over humankind for more than 50 years, but only twice has an atomic bomb been detonated as an act of war. This title provides a masterly account of how the A-bomb was developed and the events that influenced the decision to drop the first weapon of mass destruction in Hiroshima.