Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 6 And 9 August 1945
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign included.
In the scorched ruins of two Japanese cities, the story of the most consequential weapons ever unleashed upon humanity begins to take shape. Images of War: The Real Story of World War II – Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 6 and 9 August 1945 is a meticulously compiled part-work magazine that chronicles the devastating atomic bombings of August 1945 through rare archival photographs, newspaper reproductions, campaign maps, and primary source documents. This issue presents the cataclysmic final chapter of the Pacific War in unflinching detail, covering the Manhattan Project's secret race to build the bomb, the harrowing human cost on the ground, and the geopolitical shockwaves that reshaped the post-war world. Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, this Marshall Cavendish collection brings unparalleled archival authority to its visual storytelling, drawing on classified military records, contemporary newspaper front pages, and firsthand photographic evidence. Each instalment in the Images of War series argues, through its powerful combination of image and text, that history is best understood when witnessed rather than merely read. This issue, centred on the two most destructive single attacks in human history, leaves the reader confronting a chilling question: how does civilization reckon with the power it has created?
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign included.
In the scorched ruins of two Japanese cities, the story of the most consequential weapons ever unleashed upon humanity begins to take shape. Images of War: The Real Story of World War II – Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 6 and 9 August 1945 is a meticulously compiled part-work magazine that chronicles the devastating atomic bombings of August 1945 through rare archival photographs, newspaper reproductions, campaign maps, and primary source documents. This issue presents the cataclysmic final chapter of the Pacific War in unflinching detail, covering the Manhattan Project's secret race to build the bomb, the harrowing human cost on the ground, and the geopolitical shockwaves that reshaped the post-war world. Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, this Marshall Cavendish collection brings unparalleled archival authority to its visual storytelling, drawing on classified military records, contemporary newspaper front pages, and firsthand photographic evidence. Each instalment in the Images of War series argues, through its powerful combination of image and text, that history is best understood when witnessed rather than merely read. This issue, centred on the two most destructive single attacks in human history, leaves the reader confronting a chilling question: how does civilization reckon with the power it has created?