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Rain of Ruin: A Photographic History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Contributor(s): Goldstein, Donald M. (Author), Dillon, Katherine V. (Author), Wenger, J. Michael (Author)
ISBN: 157488221X     ISBN-13: 9781574882216
Publisher: Potomac Books
OUR PRICE:   $22.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 1999
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Annotation: From "Midwest Book Review"This photographic history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki provides the first comprehensive photographic record of the bombings and their aftermath, presenting a history of the two cities before and after the bombs drop and also including photos of American and Japanese politicians and military men involved in the bombing. Anticipate a detailed, well-rounded title.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War Ii
- History | Asia - Japan
- Photography | Photojournalism
Dewey: 940.542
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8.5" W x 11" (1.02 lbs) 176 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Cultural Region - East Asian
- Cultural Region - Japanese
 
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This photographic history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki provides the first comprehensive photographic record of the bombings and their aftermath, presenting a history of the two cities before and after the bombs drop and also including photos of American and Japanese politicians and military men involved in the bombing. Anticipate a detailed, well-rounded title.

J. Michael Wenger is a historian living in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The late Katherine V. Dillon, Donald M. Goldstein and the late Gordon W. Prange created numerous World War II classics, including At Dawn We Slept; Miracle at Midway; and God's Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor (Brassey's, Inc., reprint 2003). They also collaborated with historian J. Michael Wenger on several books, including The Way It Was: Pearl Harbor-The Original Photographs (Brassey's, Inc., 1995); Rain of Ruin: A Photographic History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Brassey's, Inc., 1995); and The Pearl Harbor Papers.

Donald M. Goldstein is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, a professor of public and international affairs, and a best-selling author. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Contributor Bio(s): Goldstein, Donald M.: - Donald M. Goldstein is a retired United States Air Force officer, professor emeritus of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught for thirty-five years, a winner of two Peabody Awards, and author of many books. He has also taught at the Air Force Academy, the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, the University of Tampa, and Troy State University. He is considered the leading authority on the Pearl Harbor attack. He lives in the Villages, Florida.Dillon, Katherine V.: - Katherine V. Dillon (1916-2005) was a chief warrant officer, United States Air Force (retired), and longtime collaborator with Gordon W. Prange and Donald M. Goldstein on their work. She served during World War II and the Korean War.