Format:
x, 229 pages
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illustrations, maps
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23 cm
ISBN:
9781612481593
Series Statement:
The Truman legacy series volume 12
Content:
Introduction / J. Samuel Walker -- Ending the war with Japan: the agony of 1945 / Richard B. Frank -- Truman, Hiroshima, and the morality of the atomic bomb / Wilson D. Miscamble -- On President Truman's use of the atomic bomb: momentum, timing, and General Groves / Robert S. Norris -- Harry S. Truman and the origins of the nuclear arms race / Martin V. Melosi -- Radioisotopes as political instruments from Truman to Eisenhower / Angela N. H. Creager -- Triumph and trouble in the first temple of the atom: the Atomic Energy Commission and the Raleigh Research Reactor / Thomas R. Wellock -- The decision to drop the bomb and Truman's nuclear legacy: concluding remarks / William Lanouette -- Nuclear energy and the legacy of Harry S. Truman: a graphic essay / Randy Sowell
Note:
"Based on the Twelfth Truman Legacy Symposium: The atomic Energy Legacy of Harry S. Truman, May 2014, Key West, Florida
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781612481609
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Nuclear energy and the legacy of Harry S. Truman Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, [2016]
Language:
English
Keywords:
Truman, Harry S. 1884-1972
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Kernwaffe
;
Atombombenabwurf auf Hiroshima
;
Kernenergie
;
Kernenergiepolitik
;
Geschichte
;
Konferenzschrift
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Aufsatzsammlung
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