Five Days in August: How World War II Became a Nuclear War

"A gripping reconsideration of how the atomic bomb figured in the ending of World War II." —Daniel J. Kevles, author of The Physicists

With a New Preface by the Author

Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the military did not clearly understand the atomic bomb's revolutionary strategic potential, that the Allies were almost as stunned by ...