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Atomic U.S.A.
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General Links & Books
Atomic Cinema Los Alamos & the Manhattan Project Trinity Test Site in NM
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General Links & Books
Military / Weapons / Nuclear books catalog at Amazon.com
details of 'Divine Strake' simulated atomic bomb test in Nevada set for 23 June 2006
protest group Western Shoshone Defense Project
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"Arsenals of Folly: The Making of The Nuclear Arms Race"  [2007] by Richard Rhodes Knopf 10x5¾ hardcover [10/2007] for $19.11 |
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"Spying On The Bomb: American Nuclear Intelligence From Nazi Germany To Iran & North Korea" [2006] by Jeffrey T. Richelson W.W.Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2006] for $22.02 |
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"The Survival Hot List: Conquering The Seven Deadly Trends" [2006] by Joseph A. Bagnall iUniverse 9x6 pb [1/2006] for $13.95 author's website |
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"An Atomic Romance: A Novel" [2005] by Bobbie Ann Mason set against the backdrop of a Kentucky uranium enrichment plant Random House 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2005] for $15.72 Blackstone audio CD [9/2005] for $18.87 |
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"Oh Pure and Radiant Heart" [2005 novel] by Lydia Millet Harvest 7¾x5¼ pb [7/2006] for $10.20 Soft Skull Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2005] for $19.00 publisher bookpage • author website |
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"The Bomb: A Life" [2005] by Gerard J. DeGroot Harvard Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2005] for $18.45 |
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"The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex" [2002, rev 2004] by Dr. Helen Caldicott New Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/2004] for $7.18 New Press 8¼x6¼ pb [4/2002] out of print/many used |
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"Atomic Archive: History, Science, Consequences" CD-ROM [2002] by Chris Griffith A.J. Software & Multimedia CD-ROM [4/2002] for $19.77 official website |
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"Nuclear Weapons" [2001] by William Lambers
self-published 8¼x6¼ 3rd edition pb [5/2002] for $10.17 book & study guide & CD-ROM package self-published set [5/2003] for $24.95 |
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"The Wizards of Armageddon: The Untold Story of The Men Who Have Devised The Plans & Shaped The Policies On How To Use The Bomb" [1983] by Fred M. Kaplan A study of U.S. nuclear policy as devised & reshaped by a group of civilians at RAND Corp. [est. 1948] in Santa Monica, CA Stanford Univ Press 9x6 pb [10/91] for $25.95 S&S hardcover [1/83] out of print/used |
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"A World Destroyed: Hiroshima & The Origins of The Arms Race" [1975] by Martin J. Sherwin Stanford Univ Press 8¾x5½ pb [8/2003] for $16.47 Stanford Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [11/87] out of print/used |
Atomic Cinema
'atomic bomb' genre at Internet Movie Database
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"Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination On Film" [2001] by Jerome F. Shapiro Routledge 9x5¼ pb [11/2001] for $29.95 Routledge library 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2001] for $106.00 |
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"America's Atomic Bomb Tests: The Secret Tests That Changed The World" {declassified government technical training films}
includes 'Operation Tumbler Snapper', 'At Ground Zero' & 'Operation Hardtack' Image Ent. b&w DVD [7/2005] 3-disks for $13.99 |
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"Atomic Bomb Collection" documentary films {based on declassified government propaganda footage} Written & directed by Peter Kuran includes 'Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie' in 3D [1995], 'Nukes in Space: Rainbow Bombs' [1999], 'Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero' [1999] & other material Goldhil Media color DVD set [9/2000] for $53.99 |
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"The Atomic Filmmakers: Hollywood's Top Secret Film Studio" [1997]
Documentary produced & directed by Peter Kuran Goldhil color DVD [7/2003] for $12.99 Goldhil color VHS [11/99] for $9.48 full credits at IMDb |
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"Dark Circle: It May Not Be Too Late" [I.D.C./New Yorker Films Oct 1983]
A documentary that exposes the lethal safety lapses, the decades of lies, and the cover-ups within the U.S. nuclear industry, focusing on the poisoned-forever facility at Rocky Flats, Colorado. Co-produced, co-directed & narrated by Judy Irving; written & co-directed by Chris Beaver; co-produced by Ruth Landry; won Documentary Grand Prize at Sundance, Emmy for Best Documentary Docurama/POV color DVD [3/2007] for $23.99 full credits from IMDb |
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"The Atomic Cafe" [1982]
A collection of 1960s U.S. government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans about surviving nuclear war. Directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty & Pierce Rafferty New Video Group color DVD [3/2002] for $14.97 New Video Group color VHS [3/2002] for $18.95 full credits at IMDb |
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"Split Second" [R.K.O. 1953]
A notorious killer and two pals escape prison, capture hostages, and hide them in a Nevada ghost town, knowing that an atomic blast is set to go off nearby the next morning. Directed by Dick Powell; starring Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling, Keith Andes, Arthur Hunnicutt, Paul Kelly, Robert Paige, Richard Egan & Frank DeKova Turner b&w VHS [3/89] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
Los Alamos, New Mexico
& The Manhattan Project
{official} Interactive History of the Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project info at National Atomic Museum
Atomic Heritage Assn. {merging with M.P.H.P.A. below as-of early 2006}
Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Assn.
Manhattan Project entry at Wikipedia
G.E. Nordell's Travel Links for Los Alamos, NM area
Key Players
Hans Albrecht Bethe [1906-2005]: entry at Wikipedia •
1967 Nobel Prize
Norris Bradbury [1909-97]: entry at Wikipedia
Owen Chamberlain [1920-2006]:
entry at Wikipedia •
1959 Nobel Prize
atomic spy {to the Russians} Klaus Fuchs [1911-88]: entry at Wikipedia
Gen. Leslie R. Groves [1896-1970]: entry at Wikipedia
Ernest O. Lawrence [1901-58]: entry at Wikipedia •
1939 Nobel Prize
Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin: bio below
J. Robert Oppenheimer: see below
Emilio Segrè [1905-89]:
entry at Wikipedia •
1959 Nobel Prize
Edward Teller [1908-2003]: entry at Wikipedia
John Archibald Wheeler [1911-2008] worked at the Hanford site: entry at Wikipedia
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"The Manhattan Project: The Birth of The Atomic Bomb In The Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses & Historians" [2007] Edited by Cynthia C. Kelly, Introduction by Richard Rhodes Black Dog & Leventhal 9x6¼ hardcover [9/2007] for $16.47 "Remembering The Manhattan Project: Perspectives On The Making of The Atomic Bomb & Its Legacy" [2005] Edited by Cynthia C. Kelly World Scientific Publng 9x6 hardcover [4/2005] for $37.24 |
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"The Green Glass Sea" [ages 9-12; 2006] by Ellen Klages Viking Juvenile 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/2006] for $11.55 |
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"Dr. Teller's Very Large Bomb" [P.B.S. tv special Sept 2006] Written & directed by Michael Lennick color DVD available at filmmaker's website full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
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"Rider of The Pale Horse: A Memoir of Los Alamos & Beyond" [2005] by McAllister Hull, with Amy Bianco, illustrations by John Hull Univ NM Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/2005] for $16.47 |
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"109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer & The Secret City of Los Alamos" [2005] by Jennet Conant S&S 8½x5½ pb [5/2006] for $10.78 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2005] for $16.98 Audioworks ABR audio CD [4/2005] for $18.87 Audioworks ABR audio [4/2005] for $17.16 |
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"Edward Teller: The Real Dr. Strangelove" [2004] by Peter Goodchild Harvard Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2004] for $19.77 Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover [4/2004] for $29.38 |
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"100 Suns" photo book [2003] by Michael Light Art-quality plates culled from official government photographs of nuclear tests from 1942 to 1962. Knopf 13¾x10¾ pb [10/2003] for $28.35 |
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"Gatekeeper To Los Alamos: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin - A Biography of A Great Lady of Santa Fe" [2003] by Nancy Cook Steeper Los Alamos Historical Society 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $15.00 |
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"Brotherhood of The Bomb: The Tangled Lives & Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence & Edward Teller" [2002] by Gregg Herken Owl Books pb [9/2003] for $10.88 Henry Holt 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2002] out of print/used |
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"Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon & The Secret Palace of Science That Changed The Course of World War II" [2002] by Jennet Conant S&S 8½x5½ pb [5/2003] for $11.10 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2002] out of print/many used |
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"Racing For The Bomb: General Leslie R. Groves, The Manhattan Project's Indispensable Man" [2002] by Robert S. Norris Steerforth 9¼x6¼ pb [3/2003] for $16.47 Steerforth 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2002] out of print/used |
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"Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey In Science & Politics" [2001] by Edward Teller, with Judith Shoolery Perseus Books 9¼x6 pb [10/2002] for $12.89 Perseus Books 9&fracx6½ hardcover [10/2001] out of print/used |
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"In the Shadow of The Bomb: Oppenheimer, Bethe & The Moral Responsibility of The Scientist" [2000] by Silvan S. Schweber Princeton Univ Press 9½x6½ pb [4/2000] for $34.15 |
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"Secret Mesa: Inside Los Alamos National Laboratory" [1997] by Jo Ann Shroyer Wiley 9½x6½ hardcover [10/97] for $24.95 |
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"Tales of Los Alamos: Life On The Mesa, 1943-1945" [1997] by Bernice Brode Alamos Historical Society 8¾x6 pb [10/97] out of print/used |
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"Dark Sun: The Making of The Hydrogen Bomb" [1995] by Richard Rhodes S&S 9¼x6 pb [8/96] for $12.24 S&S 9½x6¾ hardcover [8/95] out of print/many used |
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"The Manhattan Project: A Secret Wartime Mission" [1994] by Kenneth M. Deitch Discovery Enterprises 7¾x5¼ pb [9/94] for $7.95 Tandem Library hardcover [10/2001] for $15.75 |
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"The Road From Los Alamos" [1991] by Hans A. Bethe [1906-2005] A.I.P. Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/91] for $39.95 S&S/Touchstone 9x6 pb [4/91] out of print/used |
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"Project Alberta: The Preparation of Atomic Bombs For Use In World War II" [1990] by Harlow W. Russ Exceptional Books 11x8½ pb [8/90] out of print/rare |
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"Fat Man and Little Boy" [Paramount Oct 1989]
A re-enactment of the tensions inside the Manhattan Project, the secret research & design operation at Los Alamos, NM that designed & built the atomic bombs used to end World War II. Co-written & directed by Roland Joffé; co-written by Bruce Robinson; starring Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern & Natasha Richardson Paramount color DVD [4/2004] for $9.99 Paramount color VHS [5/92] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
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"The Making of The Atomic Bomb" [1987] by Richard Rhodes (winner of the Pulitzer Prize} S&S 9¼x6 pb [8/95] for $13.60 Touchstone 9¼x6¼ pb [2/88] out of print/many used S&S 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/87] out of print/used |
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"Los Alamos: Beginning of An Era, 1943-1945" [1986] by Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Public Relations Los Alamos Historical Society 10¾x8¼pb [4/86] for $5.95 |
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"Day One" tv movie [Spelling/CBS March 1989]
Directed by Joseph Sargent; based on the book; starring Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn, Hal Holbrook, Barnard Hughes & Richard Dysart; won Emmy for Best Drama Special Acorn Media color DVD [11/2007] for $22.49 
Lions Gate color VHS [2/94] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
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"Day One: Before Hiroshima & After" [1985] by Peter Wyden The Manhattan Project from the viewpoint of Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard Warner pb [8/85] out of print/used S&S hardcover [8/85] out of print/many used |
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"The Day After Trinity" [1981 documentary film] Co-written & directed by Jon Else Nominated for Best Documentary Oscar, won ACE & Peabody Awards Image Ent color DVD [5/2002] for $22.99 full credits at IMDb |
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"Hans Bethe: Prophet of Energy" [1980] by Jeremy Bernstein Basic Books pb [1/80] out of print/used |
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"Brighter Than A Thousand Suns: A Personal History of The Atomic Scientists" [1970] by Robert Jungk, translated by James Cleugh Harvest Books 8x5½ pb [10/70] for $11.20 Sagebrush 8¼x5½ hardcover [10/99] for $22.25 |
"An American Genius: The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence" [1968]
by Herbert Childs
Dutton hardcover [8/68] out of print/used
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"Manhattan Project: The Untold Story of The Making of The Atomic Bomb" [1967] by Stephane Groueff Backinprint/iUniverse 9x6 pb [4/2000] for $28.95 Little, Brown hardcover [6/67] out of print/used |
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"Now It Can Be Told: The Story of The Manhattan Project" [Harper 1962] by Gen. Leslie R. Groves [1896-1970] Da Capo Press 8¾x5¾ pb [3/83] for $13.60 |
J. Robert Oppenheimer [1904-67]
Julius Robert Oppenheimer studied at Harvard, Cambridge & Göttingen universities, then worked with Ernest O. Lawrence at U.C. Berkeley, together founding American theoretical physics. From 1943-45, Oppenheimer was scientific director of the top-secret Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico. For twenty feverish months, the team at Los Alamos designed and produced the nuclear weapons that ended World War II, earning Oppenheimer the nickname 'father of the atomic bomb'. His later outspoken opinions led to removal from government jobs and the loss of his security clearance, and to investigation by the House Unamerican Activities Committee (under Sen. Joseph McCarthy).
J. Robert Oppenheimer entry at Wikipedia
Oppenheimer article on the Los Alamos National Laboratory website
J. Robert Oppenheimer credits at Internet Movie Database
listed #48 on Atlantic Monthly's "100 Most Influential Americans" (12/2006)
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"J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life" [2006] by Abraham Pais, with Robert P. Crease Oxford Univ Press hardcover [4/2006] for $18.90 |
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"The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer & The Birth of The Modern Arms Race" [2005] by Priscilla J. McMillan Penguin pb [3/2006] for $10.40 Viking 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2005] for $16.35 |
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"American Prometheus: The Triumph & Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" [2005] by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography Vintage 8x5¼ pb [4/2006] for $11.67 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2005] for $23.10 |
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"J. Robert Oppenheimer and The American Century" [2004] by David C. Cassidy Pi Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [8/2004] for $18.45 |
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"Oppenheimer: Portrait of An Enigma" [2004] by Jeremy Bernstein Ivan R. Dee 8c5¼ pb [8/2005] for $10.17 Ivan R. Dee 8¾x5¾ hardcover [4/2004] for $16.50 |
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"Robert Oppenheimer, 1904-1967" [1999] by Robert F. Bacher Los Alamos Historical Society 9¼x6 pb [12/99] for $10.00 |
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"J. Robert Oppenheimer: Shatterer of Worlds" [1981] by Peter J. Goodchild Houghton Mifflin pb [5/81] out of print/used Fromm Intl 9½x7¼ pb [9/85] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [5/85] out of print/used |
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"Robert Oppenheimer: Letters & Recollections" [1980] Edited by Alice Kimball Smith & Charles Weiner Stanford Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/95] for $17.13 Harvard Univ Press hardcover [5/80] for $39.49 |
"Oppenheimer: Illustrated" [1969]
Essays by I.I. Rabi, Robert Serber, Victor F. Weisskopf, Abraham Pais & Glenn T. Seaborg
Scribner 9½x6 hardcover [1/69] out of print/used
Trinity Test Site
at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
The first atomic explosion in history occurred 16 July 1945;
the location is now within White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Trinity Test Site official website
Atomic Tourist page about the Trinity Test Site
'Trinity Remembered' website
Trinity 50th Anniversary pages at Albuquerque Journal
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"The Day The Sun Rose Twice: The Story of The Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945" [1984] by Ferenc Morton Szasz Univ NM Press 9x6 pb [7/95] for $12.89 Univ NM Press hardcover [12/84] out of print/used |
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"O Shepherd, Speak!" [Viking 1949] by Upton Sinclair
The tenth book in Sinclair's "World's End (Lanny Budd)" series of historical novels, covering 1944-45. The adventures of President Roosevelt's special agent Lanny Budd include the Battle of The Bulge, the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt's death, the A-bomb test at Trinity, and the Nuremberg Trials. Viking hardcover [1949] out of print/used "O Shepherd, Speak! - Part I" Simon Publns 9x6 pb [7/2001] for $29.95 "O Shepherd, Speak! - Part II" Simon Publns 9x6 pb [7/2001] for $29.95 |
Ending the War with Japan
The fire-bombing of Tokyo, Japan in March 1945 caused more deaths than the atom bomb in Hiroshima.
Within months, Japan's economy was collapsing and the country faced catastrophic starvation.
Germany surrendered unconditionally on 7 May 1945.
The U.S. dropped a 20 kiloton atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6th (killing an estimated 140,000 people)
and a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9th (killing an estimated 74,000 people).
Japan announced unconditional surrender on August 14th,
and formally surrendered aboard the U.S.S. Missouri on September 2nd.
browse 'History / World War II / Hiroshima & Nagasaki'
category books at Amazon.com
August 6-9: No Nukes * No Wars * No Profiteers
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"White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima & Nagasaki" [H.B.O. TV movie Aug 2007]
Written & directed by Steven Okazaki H.B.O. Home Video color DVD [8/2007] for $22.99 official sites: U.S.A. + Japanese |
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"Shockwave: Countdown To Hiroshima" [2005] by Stephen Walker Harper Perennial 8x5½ pb [5/2006] for $9.72 HarperCollins 9x6½ hardcover [8/2005] for $17.79 |
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"The Enola Gay and The Smithsonian Institution" [2005] by Charles T. O'Reilly & William A. Rooney McFarland & Co. 9x6½ pb [1/2005] for $39.95 |
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"Lifting The Fog: The Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki" [A.B.C. News/Maljack 1991] Produced & directed by Allan Siegel MPI Home Video b&w/color DVD [11/2002] for $17.99 not listed at IMDb; the one reviewer on Amazon thinks the show is bunk, yet it was produced by A.B.C. News ... |
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"Harry S. Truman and The Bomb: A Documentary History" [1996] Edited by Robert H. Ferrell High Plains Publng 9½x6¼ pb [7/96] out of print/used |
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"Rain of Ruin: A Photographic History of Hiroshima & Nagasaki" [1995] by Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon & J. Michael Wenger Brassey's/Potomac Books 11x8½ pb [11/99] for $13.57 Brassey's/Potomac Books hardcover [7/95] for $33.94 |
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"Judgment At The Smithsonian: The Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki" [1995] Edited by Philip Nobile Marlowe & Co. 8¼x5½ pb [8/95] out of print/used |
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"World At War" 1974 mini-series - Episode 24: "The Bomb"
Executive produced by Sir Jeremy Isaacs Warner VHS [6/95] out of prodn/used series credits from IMDb official website |
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"The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" [1946] from The Manhattan Engineer District official report from the Manhattan Project, dated 29 June 1946 BookSurge Classics pb [2/2004] for $7.99 Kessinger 11x8¼ pb [6/2004] for $10.85 IndyPublish 8¾x6½ pb [12/2001] for $19.98 IndyPublish 8¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2001] for $22.99 |
Hiroshima, Japan - 6 August 1945
Hiroshima page at Free Information Society
Pres. Truman's announcement of the Hiroshima atomic bomb {25 sec. soundbite}
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"B.B.C. History of World War II: Hiroshima: A Dramatized Documentary Exploring the Humanity & The Horror of The First Atomic Attack" [B.B.C. Aug 2005] Written, co-produced & directed by Paul Wilmshurst B.B.C./Warner DVD[7/2006] for $14.99 "B.B.C. History of World War II" 10-episode set {does not include 'Hiroshima'} B.B.C./Warner DVD box set [7/2005] 12 disks for $108.99 |
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"Hiroshima In History and Memory" [1996] Edited by Michael J. Hogan Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/96] for $23.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/96] for $56.99 |
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"Hiroshima" TV mini-series [Hallmark Aug 1995]
Co-directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara & Roger Spottiswoode; starring Kenneth Welsh {as Harry Truman}, Timothy West, Naohiko Umewaka {as Hirohito}, Wesley Addy, Richard Masur, Leon Pownall, Daisaku Akino, David Gow & Ken Jenkins Platinum Disc color DVD [2/2005] for $6.99 Hallmark color VHS [8/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Hiroshima: Why The Bomb Was Dropped" [A.B.C. News July 1995] Hosted by Peter Jennings M.P.I. b&w DVD [11/2002] for $17.99 M.P.I. b&w VHS [9/98] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Hiroshima: Out of The Ashes" [tv movie August 1990] Co-produced by Robert Greenwald; directed by Peter Werner; starring Max von Sydow, Judd Nelson, Mako, Tamlyn Tomita & Pat Morita Direct Source Label color DVD [4/2007] for $5.98 Anchor Bay color VHS [12/94] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb |
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"I Remember Hiroshima" [1983] by Stephen Kelen
Text and photographs from an Australian Army correspondent who was on the ground soon after the atomic blast. Hale & Iremonger pb [1/83] out of print/rare |
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"Death In Life: Survivors of Hiroshima" [1982] by Robert Jay Lifton Univ NC Press 9x6 pb [10/91] for $37.50 Basic Books hardcover [9/82] out of print/used |
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"Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of A Japanese Physician, August 6 - September 30, 1945" [1955] by Michihiko Hachiya, MD; edited & translated by Warner Wells Univ NC Press 8x5½ pb [1/95] for $18.95 Univ NC Press hardcover [1/55] out of print/used |
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"Hiroshima" [1946 classic] by John Hersey
Vintage mass pb [3/89] for $6.95 Knopf expanded edition 8x5½ hardcover [8/85] for $16.98 Recorded Books audio CD [10/2005] for $13.59 Audio Partners UNABR audio [12/95] for $14.93 Grupo Oceano Spanish-language pb [6/2002] for $17.62 |
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"Barefoot Gen" aka 'Hadashi no gen' [1983]
Directed by Mori Masaki; written & produced by Keiji Nakazawa The tale of a child surviving the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945; the manga books are important anti-war works, and the film is a landmark in animé art. Image Ent. bilingual color DVD [4/99] out of stock/used Orion Home Video color VHS [7/95] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Barefoot Gen 2" aka 'Hadashi no gen 2' [1986] Co-directed by Toshio Hirata & Akio Sakai; written by Keiji Nakazawa video not available; full credits from IMDb |
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"Barefoot Gen" aka 'Hadashi no gen' [1973] classic manga novels by Keiji Nakazawa first serialized in 1972-73 in the 'Shukan Shonen Jampu' comic weekly Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima Last Gasp 8¼x6 pb [10/2004] for $14.95 Volume 2: The Day After Last Gasp 8¼x6 pb [10/2004] for $14.95 Volume 3: Life After the Bomb Last Gasp pb [5/2005] for $10.17 Volume 4: Out of the Ashes Last Gasp pb [5/2005] for $10.17 |
Nagasaki, Japan - 9 August 1945
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"First Into Nagasaki: The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches On Post-Atomic Japan & Its Prisoners of War" [2006] by George Weller, edited by Anthony Weller Three Rivers Press pb [DUE Dec 2007] pre-order for $10.17
Crown 9½x6½ hardcover [12/2006] for $16.50 |
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"The Last Bomb: A Marine Remembers Nagasaki" [2001] by David C. Milam {with his photos} Eakin Press 10x7 pb [1/2002] for $15.95 Eakin Press hardcover[11/2001] for $21.94 |
Bikini Atoll & Eniwetok Island
Test Programs
Eniwetok Island entry at Wikipedia
Bikini Atoll entry at Wikipedia
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"Radio Bikini: The Most Terrifying & Unbelievable Story of The Nuclear Age" [1987 documentary film]
Produced, directed & edited by Robert Stone; nominated for Best Documentary Feature Oscar New Video Group b&w VHS [12/2003] for $23.70 full credits at IMDb |
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"The Bomb" [1995 YA novel] by Theodore Taylor HarperTrophy YA mass pb [8/97] for $5.99 Sagebrush 7x4¼ hardcover [10/99] for $14.15 Harcourt Children's 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/95] out of print/used |
Civil Defense, Daily Life & Aftermath
Conelrad [atomic civil defense]
Cold War Era Civil Defense Virtual Museum
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"Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain & The Nation's High-Level Nuclear Waste" [2006] Edited by Allison M. Macfarlane & Rodney C. Ewing M.I.T. Press pb [5/2006] for $29.00 M.I.T. Press hardcover [5/2006] for $72.00 U.S. Senate testimony by Macfarlane on 1 March 2006 |
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"One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter In American Culture" [2001] by Kenneth D. Rose NY Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [4/2004] for $20.00 NY Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2001] for $43.66 |
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"Downwinders: An Atomic Tale" [2001 novel] by Curtis & Dianne Nelson Oberhansly Three Utahans discover classified documents about operations at the Nevada Test Site in the Fifties, and risk their lives to transport the incriminating information to victims of A-test fallout. Black Ledge Press 9¼x6 pb [4/2001] for $14.95 official booksite |
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"Civil Defense Begins At Home: Militarization Meets Everyday Life In The Fifties" [2000] by Laura McEnaney Princeton Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2000] for $30.91 |
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"The Atomic Express" [1997] by Richard L. Miller Two-Sixty Press 9x6 pb [1/97] for $12.89 |
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"American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear War" [1993] by Carole Gallagher Random House 10x10¼ pb [5/94] out of print/used M.I.T. Press 10½x10½ hardcover [3/93] for $56.11 |
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"Fallout: An American Nuclear Tragedy" [1989] by Philip L. Fradkin Johnson Books 8½x5½ pb [3/2004] for $11.90 Univ AZ Press pb [6/89] out of print/used Univ AZ Press hardcover [6/89] out of print/used |
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"Homeward Bound: American Families In The Cold War Era" [1988] by Elaine Tyler May Basic Books 9¼x6¼ pb [1/90] for $14.96 Basic Books hardcover [9/88] out of print/used |
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"Under The Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear Testing" [1986] by Richard L. Miller Two-Sixty Press 9x6 pb [7/99] for $33.43 Free Press hardcover [9/86] out of print/used |
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"Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program In The 1950s" [1986] by Howard Ball Oxford Univ Press 8x5½ pb [4/88] out of print/used Oxford Univ Press 9¾x6½ hardcover [3/86] out of print/used |
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"By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought & Culture At The Dawn of The Atomic Age" [1985] by Paul S. Boyer Univ NC Press 9¼x6¼ pb [9/94] for $21.95 Pantheon hardcover [10/85] out of print/used |
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"The Atomic Cafe" [1982]
Directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty & Pierce Rafferty A collection of 1960s U.S. government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans about surviving nuclear war. New Video Group color DVD [3/2002] for $14.97 New Video Group color VHS [3/2002] for $18.95 full credits at IMDb |
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"When The Wind Blows" graphic novel [1982] by British illustrator Raymond Briggs Viking Childrens pb [2/88] for $11.13 Schocken hardcover [1/87] out of print/used Hamish Hamilton hardcover [3/82] out of print/used 1986 animated film directed by Jimmy T. Murakami Channel 4 PAL format DVD [9/2005] for £7.97 at Amazon UK NTSC format available only in Germany; full credits at IMDb Phantom soundtrack CD [11/96] for $19.98 stage play adaptation: Samuel French pb [1/83] out of print/used B.B.C. radio drama: Soundelux audio [3/90] out of stock/used |
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