1.) BOMB: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin
hairraising history from 1934 through 1950, includes all the big players (Oppenheimer, to Harry Gold), movers, shakers, builders
of the Atomic Bomb
Hardcover in jacket, retired library copy with usual lib labels
2.) The Day of the Bomb by Karl Bruckner
A historic novel, of mostly post BOMB Japan, "told without bitterness or horror",
as seen through the eyes of Japanese siblings at the time.
Exlibrary copy, with usual marks. Solid reading copy
3.) The World War II Times August-September 1994
Cover story that of the Enola Gay, Air Force plane that dropped the Hiroshima Bomb
Newpaper newsprint format, 10pgs
4.) Wings of Japan by Canfield Cook, A Lucky Terrell Flying Story
1944 Hardcover published under wartime conditions, including
the more acid paper that browns over the years, as in this copy, otherwise clean
A Grosset and Dunlap unabridged reprint edition of this historic pulp WWII novel
5.) Hiroshima by Odon (Japanese based)
1 | | Swiss Ming | 4:56 |
2 | | China Latina | 4:23 |
3 | | Kototsu-Han (San Kyoku) | 5:16 |
4 | | Atomic Cafe | 5:02 |
5 | | Obon Two-Five | 5:07 |
6 | | One Thursday Morning | 5:28 |
7 | | Mr. Robben | 5:13 |
8 | | Paris (Ici Avec Moi) | 4:34 |
9 | | Pharoah | 5:04 |
10 | | The Lighthouse | 5:33 |
11 | | Heritage |
6) From Hiroshima to Glasnost: At the Center of Decision- A Memoir
by Paul H. Nitze
Hardcover in jacket, first edition, 1989
Paul Henry Nitze (January 16, 1907 – October 19, 2004) was an
American statesman who served as
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense,
U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and
Director of Policy Planning for the
U.S. State Department. He is best known for being the principal author of
NSC 68 and the co-founder of
Team B. He helped shape
Cold War defense policy over the course of numerous presidential administrations...
Nitze was President
Ronald Reagan's chief negotiator of the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (1981–1984). In 1984, Nitze was named Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State on Arms Control.
For more than forty years, Nitze was one of the chief architects of US policy toward the Soviet Union. He was at Ground Zero, in Hiroshima.
7. HIROSHIMA: BBC History of World War II, Dramatized Documentary on DVD, includes Enola Gay Newsreel Interview
and what kicked this all off, at least officially?
8.) PEARL HARBOR
by Ernest Arroyo
Coffee table like hardcover in jacket
Loaded with historic photos, maps, battle drawings and near minute to minute timeline.
Clean copy, 2001 Metro Books, published during 60th Anniversary year of the attack
Photos forthcoming...