A Mission that Changed the World
By: Source: AARP.org Date Posted: 2005-10-24 13:12:00-04:00
Sixty years ago a single atomic bomb reduced thirteen square miles of Hiroshima, Japan, to ashes. Stephen Walker's new book, Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima, explores how it all happened on that August day in 1945, and the lasting impact the bombing had on modern society.
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