Nextext Historical Readers: Student Reader The Atomic Bomb
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SEVERAL ILLUSTRATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART 1: DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOMB: AUGUST 2, 1939: ALBERT EINSTEIN'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THE ABC OF THE ATOM BY J. BRONOWSKI CREATOR OF THE BOMB: ROBERT OPPENHEIMER PART II: DECISION TO USE THE BOMB: JULY 25, 1945: TRUMAN'S DIARY AT POTSDAM BY HARRY S. TRUMAN AUGUST 7, 1945: PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S STATEMENT ABOUT THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA THE DECISION TO USE THE ATOMIC BOMB BY HENRY L. STIMSON A PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. BY ATOMIC SCIENTISTS THANK GOD FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB BY PAUL FUSSELL FROM "THE GOOD WAR"; AN ORAL HISTORY OF WORLD WAR TWO BY STUDS TERKEL "A WHITE LIGHT AND A BLACK RAIN" BY JOSEPH L. MARX HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI: INJURIES TO THE HUMAN BODY HIROSHIMA: THE VICTIMS BY FLETCHER KNEBEL AND CHARLES W. BAILEY II FROM HIROSHIMA BY JOHN HERSEY FROM CHILDREN OF THE A-BOMB BY DR. ARATA OSADA INTERVIEW OF AN A-BOMB DURVIVOR: MS. MICHIKO YAMAOKA INTERVIEW BY MITSURU OHBA ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI BY WILLIAM L. LAWRENCE PART IV: THE HISTORICAL DEBATE: HIROSHIMA: HISTORIANS REASSESS BY GAR ALPEROVITZ WHY AMERICA DROPPED THE BOMB BY DONALD KAGAN THE SCIENTISTS: THEIR VIEWS 20 YEARS LATER BY WILLIAM L. LAURENCE SMITHSONIAN SCUTTLES ENOLA GAY EXHIBIT BY EUGENE L. MEYER WHEN THE VACATION IS OVER FOR GOOD BY MARK STRAND OH HUMAN DIGNITY BY KENZABURO OE AT THE BOMB TESTING SITE BY WILLIAM STAFFORD EARLY MORNING TEST LIGHT OVER NEVADA, 1955 BY ROBERT VASQUEZ THE SHADOW BY TOGE SANKICHI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX

Series: Nextext Historical Readers

Hardcover: 224 pages

Publisher: MCDOUGAL LITTEL; 1st edition (March 3, 1999)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0395986656

ISBN-13: 978-0395986653

Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches

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Age Range: 12 and up

Grade Level: 6 - 12

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