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An Exhibit Denied. Lobbying the History of Enola Gay.
Martin Harwit
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Description for An Exhibit Denied. Lobbying the History of Enola Gay.
Paperback. Num Pages: 477 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 755.
At 8:15 A.M., August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay released her load. For forty three seconds, the world's first atomic bomb plunged through six miles of clear air to its preset detonation altitude. There it exploded, destroying Hiroshima and eighty thousand of her citizens. No war had ever seen such instant devastation. Within nine days Japan surrendered. World War II was over and a nuclear arms race had begun. Fifty years later, the National Air and Space Museum was in the final stages of preparing an exhibition on the Enola Gay's historic mission when eighty-one members of Congress angrily demanded ... Read more
At 8:15 A.M., August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay released her load. For forty three seconds, the world's first atomic bomb plunged through six miles of clear air to its preset detonation altitude. There it exploded, destroying Hiroshima and eighty thousand of her citizens. No war had ever seen such instant devastation. Within nine days Japan surrendered. World War II was over and a nuclear arms race had begun. Fifty years later, the National Air and Space Museum was in the final stages of preparing an exhibition on the Enola Gay's historic mission when eighty-one members of Congress angrily demanded ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
477
Condition
New
Number of Pages
477
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468479072
SKU
V9781468479072
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Reviews for An Exhibit Denied. Lobbying the History of Enola Gay.
"Utterly fascinating, candid, and very clear...The book has genuine narrative power and human interest, and offers a profound parable for the politics of culture in our time...(A) powerful yet subdued and poignant account." Michael Kammen, Cornell University