(Hardback)
By: Professor Michael D. Gordin
ISBN: 9780691177373
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Professor Michael D. Gordin
ISBN: 9780691203829
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback, Revised edition)
By: Professor Michael D. Gordin
ISBN: 9780691168432
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2015
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the military did not clearly understand the atomic bomb's revolutionary strategic potential, that the Allies were almost as stunned by the surrender as the
(Hardback)
By: Professor Michael D. Gordin
ISBN: 9780691193458
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Professor Michael D. Gordin
ISBN: 9780691193441
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Professor Michael D. Gordin
ISBN: 9780691146980
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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The concepts of utopia and dystopia have received much historical attention. Utopias have traditionally signified the ideal future: large-scale social, political, ethical, and religious spaces that have yet to be realized. This title offers a fresh approach to these ideas.
(Paperback)
By: Professor Michael D. Gordin
ISBN: 9780691172385
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: Professor Michael D. Gordin
ISBN: 9780691128184
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Presenting a different interpretation, this book also details how Americans generated a new story about the origins of the bomb after surrender: that the United States knew in advance that the bomb would end the war.
