"During World War II, a top-secret mission was undertaken to develop the atomic bomb. It subsequently came to be known as the Manhattan Project. This small book, an anthology, introduces it. Most of the selections that follow are firsthand accounts. The mission culminated in the summer of 1945 when America successfully tested one atomic device and, soon thereafter, dropped two atomic bombs as acts of war".(excerpt) Book is in good condition. Pages are bright and clean with no interior markings. Slight lean to spine with no creasing. A great little anthology for those not familiar with the history of the atomic bomb.

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Title

The Manhattan Project: A Secret Wartime Mission (Perspectives on History Series)

Publisher

Discovery Enterprises, Ltd.

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

1878668412

ISBN 13

9781878668417

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Good

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Military History

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Compelling firsthand accounts from the inventors of the first atomic bomb describe the Manhattan Project. Additional accounts from scientists, reporters, and soldiers, among other primary sources, describe the development of the bomb and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Selections include those from Einstein, Oppenheimer, Groves, Tibbets, William Laurence, John Hersey, and Enrico and Laura Fermi.

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