Hiroshima in the Morning
New York, NY: Feminist Press, 2010. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Glued binding. 336 p. More
New York, NY: Feminist Press, 2010. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Glued binding. 336 p. More
New York: Random House, c2001. First Edition. 25 cm, 543, illus., references, index, small tear at bottom of DJ spine. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963. Second Printing. 397, endpaper illus., footnotes, appendices, index, damp spots to fore-edge, DJ worn: small tears/chips. More
Washington DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2000. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xvi, 608 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Herbert "Herb" Romerstein (August 19, 1931 – May 7, 2013) was an American government employee, historian, and writer who specialized in Anti-communism. He became a research analyst and investigator for American Business Consultants, publishers of the anti-Communist newsletter Counterattack as well as for Bookmailer, which published his first book, Communism and Your Child in 1962. From 1965 to 1983, Romerstein served as a staff member for the U.S. House of Representatives. Romerstein worked as investigator for the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), as minority chief investigator for the House Committee on Internal Security, and on the staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He was director of the Office to Counter Soviet Disinformation at the U.S. Information Agency. He became director of the Center for Security Research at the Education and Research Institute. He worked at the Institute of World Politics as a specialist on espionage, Soviet political warfare, terrorism, and internal security. Romerstein's published works concern Anti-Communism almost exclusively from 1962 to his last book in 2012. He conducted research in both U.S. and foreign archives, e.g., Ukrainian archives in 1992 and the archives of the Communist International in Moscow, Russia, in 1993. In 1992, Romerstein and Ray Kerrison reported that Oleg Kalugin had identified I. F. Stone as a Soviet agent. More
New York: Coward-McCann, [1963]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 305, index, DJ torn and chipped, label on front endpaper. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xii, [2], 343, [3] pages. Footnotes. Appendix. Selected Bibliography. Index. Minor cover wear. This is a publication of the National Security Studies Program of the University of California at Los Angeles. Among the contributors were: Arnold Kramish and Albert Wohlstetter. Richard Newton Rosecrance (born 1930) is an American political scientist. His research and teaching is focused on international relations, in particular the link between economics and international relations. His research and writing has also touched upon the study of history. Rosecrance is considered an adherent of liberal international relations theory. Rosecrance received his BA from UCLA, his MA from Swarthmore College, and his Ph.D. under William Yandell Elliott from Harvard University. During the 1960s, Rosecrance taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was Director of what later became known as the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA. During the 1970s, Rosecrance was on the faculty of Cornell University, where he was the Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International and Comparative Politics. He served on the Policy Planning Council of the U.S. Department of State and has received Guggenheim, Fulbright, Rockefeller, Ford, and many other fellowships. Rosecrance has held visiting positions at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, King's College London, the London School of Economics, the European University Institute (Florence), and the Australian National University. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. 343, ftnotes, app, biblio, index, insect damage to outside hinge betw fr bd & spine, DJ soiled & discolored: sm tears, sm pc mis. More
New York: Jero Pub. Company, 1953. First? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 168, wraps, illus., footnotes, appendix, covers worn and somewhat creased, some page soiling, pencil erasure on title page. More
New York, N.Y. Bantam Books, Inc., 1966. Later printing. Mass market paperback. 215, [9] pages. Cover and some pages soiled and stained. Spine worn with small tears. Bookseller's stamp inside the front cover. This volume contains two of the war's most famous photographs: the Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima and the atomic mushroom cloud. It also includes a dramatic series of photographs of the way it was on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day; a memorable picture of three 14-year-old members of Hitler's "Air Guard"; a shocking photograph of the hell that was Belsen, and the photograph which may be the last ever taken of Hitler. This covers From D-Day in Europe to the Unconditional Surrender of Japan. Mr. Rothberg received a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Iowa in 1947 and a Ph.D. in English literature from Columbia in 1952. For the next seven years he was the editor of Free Europe Press, a division of Radio Free Europe. He was later a European correspondent for The National Observer and went on to teach at Hofstra, Columbia and St. John Fisher College in Rochester. More
New York: Paul S. Eriksson, Inc., 1965. First American Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 192 p. 23 cm. Illustrations. Selected Writings. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Price clipped. Some page discoloration. DJ worn, torn, soiled with tears and chips. Michel Rouze is a pseudonym under which worked the French science journalist Michel Kokoczynski (born 17 August 1910 In Paris, died on 18 February 2003 ). He has collaborated in the magazine Science et Vie. Before the war, he is a journalist with Alger Républicain and participated in the war as an intelligence officer. Close to the French Communist Party, he is first a classical journalist and then evolves towards scientific investigation. Senior Editor of Diagrams, scientific journal , he was founder of the AFIS and its journal Science and pseudo-science, which attaches particular objective of combating "pseudo-science and quackery" More
Anchorage, AK: Wolfe Business Services, 1995. First Printing [Stated]. Wraps. The format is approximately 8.25 inches by 11 inches. Various paginations (approximately 70 pages). Illustrated front cover. Illustrations. Map. Front cover has edge tear. One page flyer/summary laid in. Rare surviving copy. Gene Preston Rutledge (1926-2008) was a nuclear energy scientist and chemist. During World War II, he worked full-time to fund his education. He studied Chemistry at Spartanburg Methodist College, Converse College, and Clemson University. He then completed a degree in Chemistry at Wofford College. He later earned an M.A. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. In the summer of 1945, he began to work at Oak Ridge in the National Laboratory (ORNL). Here, he worked with uranium that would become part of the original atomic bomb test at Trinity. After the war, and earning his M.A. degree, he returned to Oak Ridge to work as a nuclear researcher. He developed a procedure to prevent the Oak Ridge plant from shutting down, and worked on numerous nuclear energy start up projects. He was the led engineer of a project to create the first nuclear submarine, and he then helped train the naval officers on how to operate it. While working as the Director of Idaho’s Nuclear Energy Commission, in the mid-1970s, he hosted weekly television programs and published academic papers. He also worked as an energy scientist in consultant in Alaska, beginning in 1976. He continued to lecture and publish papers after his retirement. More
Carlisle Barracks, PA: US Army Military Hist Inst, 1978. 27 cm, 81, wraps, corner crinkled, some cover wear and soiling. More
New York: H. Z. Walck, 1958. 21 cm, 271, illus., bibliography, index, usual library markings, DJ pasted to boards, small tears to DJ, front DJ flap price clipped. More
London: W. H. Allen, 1966. 467, illus., index, small ink underlining in index on p. 466. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1984. Fifth printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xiv, [2], 414, [2] pages. Illustrations (Tables, Figures, Maps). References. Index. Notation from previous owner on half-title page. Ink marks noted. Part 1 Nuclear Arms contains chapters on Nonnuclear Strategic War, The Fission Bomb, The Fusion Bomb, and Massive Retaliation; Part 2 The Nuclear Balance contains chapters o Strategic Bombers, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Nuclear Missile Submarines; and Nuclear Deterrence and Stability; Part 3 Alternatives to Nuclear Deterrence contains chapters on Civil Defense, Ballistic Missile Defense, Chemical and Biological Warfare, and Tactical Nuclear War; Part 4 Arms Control and Disarmament contains chapters on Technological Imperatives, Nuclear Proliferation: A Technological Imperative?; Arms Control: Nuclear Test Ban Treaties, Strategic Arms Limitations, and Disarmament. Schroeer was born on January 24, 1938 in Berlin and came to the United States in 1951. He was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellow, Technische Hochschule, Munich, Federal Republic Germany, 1965-1966; National Endowment for Humanities fellow, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Federal Republic Germany, 1972-1973; research associate, International Institute Strategic Studies, London, 1984-1985; from assistant to associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1966-1979; professor physics, U. North Carolina, since 1979. More
Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xx, [2], 680, [2] pages. Footnotes. Figures. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Cover has some wear and soiling, and corner bumped. Contribution authors include: Bruce G. Blair, Thomas S. Blanton, William Burr, Steven M. Kosiak, Arjun Makhajani, Robert S. Norris, Kevin O'Neill, John E. Pike, and William J. Weida. Contents include Foreword, Abbreviations and Acronyms, A Methodological Note, Introduction, Building the Bomb, Deploying the Bomb, Targeting and Controlling the Bomb, Defending Against the Bomb, Dismantling the Bomb, Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, Victims of the Bomb, The Costs and Consequences of Nuclear Secrecy, Congressional Oversight of the Bomb, The Economic Implications of Nuclear Weapons, Strengthening Atomic Accountability, Appendix A. U.S. Nuclear Weapon Production Costs, 1948-96; Appendix F. Selected DOD Nuclear Weapons Program Costs, 1962-95; Appendix C. Nuclear Weapons Production and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Facilities; Appendix D Assessing the Costs of Other Nuclear Weapon States; Appendix E Steering Committee of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project; Selected Bibliography, Index. Stephen I. Schwartz is a senior fellow at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He served as editor of The Nonproliferation Review; publisher and executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; project director at the Brookings Institution; and Washington representative for the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. He is the author of numerous articles and reports, editor and co-author of Atomic Audit. More
Columbus, OH: Battelle Press, 1994. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. ix, [1], 920, [6] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Name Index. Subject Index. Periodic Table on endpapers. Oversized format. Slightly cocked/shaken. DJ has slight wear and soiling. This book is a detailed chronological account of the discovery of plutonium and the actions taken to enhance its production to the levels necessary for the building of an atomic bomb during World War II. Entries written by Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel Prize winning chemist, give an extremely detailed record, which gives keen insight into the operation of the Manhattan Project and the multitude of scientists who played crucial roles in its functions. The book includes extensive annotations and identifications contributed by the editors, and many pictures and diagrams. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. 362, illus., map, notes, index, some soiling to fore-edge, some creasing to DJ edges. More
Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1989. Reprint. Second printing. Hardcover. xxxvi, [2], 257, [1] p. Illustrations. Bibliography. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxix, [1], 446, [4] pages. Maps. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Jeffrey M. "Jeff" Shaara (born February 21, 1952) is an American novelist and the son of Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Shaara. He graduated from Florida State University in 1974 with a degree in Criminology. He wrote Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, which are the prequel and sequel, respectively, to his father Michael's award-winning novel The Killer Angels. Jeff followed his father's footsteps upon the latter's death, writing historical fiction and documenting the American wars and their most historically relevant characters. In total, Jeff has written fifteen New York Times best-selling novels. Jeff delivered the commencement speech at University of Delaware's 2005 undergraduate ceremony. Jeff has deemed this "one of the most important moments in his life." He completed a trilogy in 2010 about World War II in the European and North African theaters. A fourth World War II novel, titled The Final Storm, covers the end of the war in the Pacific. Shaara has received the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association in 2022 for The Eagle's Claw, in 2018 for The Frozen Hours, in 2005 for To The Last Man: A Novel of The First World War, and in 1997 for Gods and Generals. The American Library Association's Reference and Users Services Association recognized The Steel Wave as a 2009 Notable Book. He has also been awarded The Lincoln Forum's "Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement", and the New York Civil War Round Table's "Bell I. Wiley Award" More
New York: Arbor House, 1987. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xxi, 360 p. Illustrations. Index. More
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2012. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [6], 266 pages. Illustrations. Source Notes. Quotation Notes. Index. Ex-library copy with some of the usual library markings. Steve Sheinkin is an American author of suspenseful history books. A former textbook writer, Sheinkin began writing full-time nonfiction books in 2008. His work has been widely acclaimed for its ability to transform historical information into thrilling, accessible accounts. Sheinkin's nonfiction books, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon[4] and Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, were both National Book Award finalists. In 2013, Bomb also won the Newbery Honor and Sibert Medal from the American Library Association. More
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2012. First Edition [Stated], Second Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [6], 266 pages. Illustrations. Source Notes. Quotation Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Steve Sheinkin is an American author of suspenseful history books. A former textbook writer, Sheinkin began writing full-time nonfiction books in 2008. His work has been widely acclaimed for its ability to transform historical information into thrilling, accessible accounts. Sheinkin's nonfiction books, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon and Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, were both National Book Award finalists. In 2013, Bomb also won the Newbery Honor and Sibert Medal from the American Library Association. More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. Third Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xl, 375, [9] pages. Foreword by Robert J. Lifton. Preface to the Third Edition. Introductions to the 1987 Edition. Notes to the Introduction to the 1987 Edition. Notes. On Primary Sources in the Field: A Bibliographic Essay. Appendices: Selected Document. Index. Martin Jay Sherwin (July 2, 1937 – October 6, 2021) was an American historian. His scholarship mostly concerned the history of nuclear weapons and nuclear proliferation. He served on the faculty at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California, Berkeley, and as the Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History at Tufts University, where he founded the Nuclear Age History and Humanities Center. He joined Tufts University as a member of the faculty in 1980 and established the Center for Nuclear Age History and Humanities at Tufts. Sherwin's research focused on nuclear weapons, ranging from their initial development at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a part of the Manhattan Project; the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sherwin wrote A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies, which won the Stuart L. Bernath Prize and the National Historical Society's American History Book Prize. He collaborated with co-author Kai Bird on a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the atomic bomb", titled American Prometheus. Sherwin worked on the book for two decades before collaborating with Bird to finish it. Sherwin and Bird shared the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for the work. More
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, 2003. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xxv, [1], 308, [2] pages. Illustrations. References. List of Participants. Author Index. Keyword Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. "With the Compliments" slip from Nagasaki University laid in. This volume is a compilation of 38 papers presented at the First Nagasaki Symposium of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science. The use of radiation has extended to various fields including medicine, agriculture, science and engineering, and atomic energy has come to comprise a significant portion of the electric power generated in several advanced countries. The effects of radiation on human health have been investigated in atomic bomb survivors for more than half a century, and the knowledge thus obtained has greatly enriched our understanding. More