The Atomic Bomb in Images and Documents: The Manhattan Project and the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

by Samuel S. Kloda

Overview

Samuel S. Kloda spent more than 40 years meeting with the scientists who built the first atomic bombs, and the crews that delivered them to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those conversations encouraged him to search archives throughout the U.S. Newly unearthed documents were brought to former members of the Manhattan Project or the 509th Composite Group, who were always willing to autograph and recount the details of these artifacts. Most of the major books on the Manhattan Project were published before 1973. In the years that followed, newly declassified documents became available and showed that many authors had included huge inaccuracies.

Richly illustrated with important documents and photographs, Kloda's chronicle of the dawn of the atomic age sets the record straight on one of the greatest scientific advancements of all time. Readers will see how a single letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939 led to the formation of the Advisory Committee on Uranium and, within six years, to the secret Manhattan Project employing more than 100,000 men and women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476684888
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	02/23/2022
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.45(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Samuel S. Kloda, M.Sc., has worked as a high school math teacher, bank representative, and an investment advisor. He has written numerous articles on aviation and aerospace technology for the Airpost Journal. He lives in Canada.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
 1. Uranium and Plutonium
 2. The Manhattan Project
 3. Los Alamos National Laboratory
 4. The First Atomic Bomb: Trinity
 5. Paul W. Tibbets
 6. Preparations for the Atomic Bombings
 7. Tinian
 8. The Potsdam Declaration
 9. Planning the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
10. The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
11. Truman’s Address to the Nation
12. The Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
13. Japan Surrenders
14. The Bikini Atoll Tests
Epilogue: Japan
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

This book explores the creation and employment of the first Atomic Bombs. These events hold a special place in all of our lifetimes and, indeed the span of human history. The backbone of his very interesting book is the author’s special collection of verifying documents and several hundred related photographs. This book is an excellent summary of all aspects of this very important, and historically controversial, development program.”—Rogers E. Smith, engineer and test pilot, pilot of the last flight of the NASA SR-71

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