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  Matsushige, Yoshito

  McCloy, John J.

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  on Hiroshima

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  MacArthur and

  Nixon, Richard

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  Sachs, Alexander

  Sasebo Naval Station

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  Shinto shrine

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  Stalin, Joseph

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  START. See Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

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  Stimson, Henry L.

  on atomic bombs

  Stone, Harlan Fiske

  Strategic Air Forces, U.S.

  Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

  Strauss, Lewis L.

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  Umezu, Yoshijiro

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  Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico

  American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan

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  Peleliu, Philippines, and

  Potsdam summit and

  prisoners of war and

  relocation centers in

  Solomon Islands a
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  Strategic Air Forces

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  in Tokyo Bay

  during Tokyo bombings

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  in Yalta conference

  uranium

  U.S. See United States

  Wainwright, John

  war crimes

  White House

  World War II. See also specific topics

  announcing end of

  Einstein after

  Hirohito after

  MacArthur after

  Oppenheimer after

  Stalin after

  Sweeney after

  Tibbets after

  time line for

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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Epigraph

  A Note to Readers

  Key Players

  Prologue

  Part One: A Bomb to End the War

  Chapter One: Los Alamos, New Mexico

  Chapter Two: Leyte, Visayan Islands, Philippines

  Chapter Three: Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Four: Yalta, Crimea, Soviet Union

  Chapter Five: Manila Hotel, Manila, Philippines

  Chapter Six: Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Seven: Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Eight: Room H-128, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.

  Chapter Nine: Oval Office, The White House, Washington, D.C.

  Chapter Ten: Los Alamos, New Mexico

  Chapter Eleven: Okinawa Island, Japan

  Chapter Twelve: Moscow, Soviet Union

  Chapter Thirteen: The White House, Washington, D.C.

  Chapter Fourteen: Manila, Philippines

  Chapter Fifteen: Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Sixteen: Okinawa Island, Japan

  Chapter Seventeen: Jornada del Muerto Desert, New Mexico

  Chapter Eighteen: Jornada del Muerto Desert, New Mexico

  Chapter Nineteen: Hunter’s Point, San Francisco, California

  Part Two: “Destination: Hiroshima”

  Chapter Twenty: Ground Zero, Jornada del Muerto Desert, New Mexico

  Chapter Twenty-One: Berlin, Germany

  Chapter Twenty-Two: Kure, Japan

  Chapter Twenty-Three: Potsdam, Germany

  Chapter Twenty-Four: Manila City Hall, Manila, Philippines

  Chapter Twenty-Five: Manila, Philippines

  Chapter Twenty-Six: Hiroshima, Japan

  Chapter Twenty-Seven: Tinian, Mariana Islands

  Chapter Twenty-Eight: Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Twenty-Nine: North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands

  Chapter Thirty: Hiroshima, Japan

  Chapter Thirty-One: North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands

  Chapter Thirty-Two: North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands

  Chapter Thirty-Three: Hiroshima, Japan

  Chapter Thirty-Four: Over the Pacific

  Chapter Thirty-Five: Over Hiroshima, Japan

  Chapter Thirty-Six: Hiroshima, Japan

  Part Three: Unconditional Surrender

  Chapter Thirty-Seven: Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Thirty-Eight: USS Augusta, Atlantic Ocean

  Chapter Thirty-Nine: Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Forty: Manila, Philippines

  Chapter Forty-One: United States

  Chapter Forty-Two: Japan

  Chapter Forty-Three: Soviet Union

  Chapter Forty-Four: Manila, Philippines

  Chapter Forty-Five: Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Forty-Six: Hiroshima, Japan

  Chapter Forty-Seven: North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands

  Chapter Forty-Eight: Tinian, Mariana Islands

  Chapter Forty-Nine: Nagasaki, Japan

  Chapter Fifty: The White House, Washington, D.C.

  Chapter Fifty-One: Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Fifty-Two: The White House, Washington, D.C.

  Chapter Fifty-Three: The White House, Washington, D.C.

  Chapter Fifty-Four: Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Fifty-Five: The White House, Washington, D.C.

  Chapter Fifty-Six: Tokyo, Japan

  Chapter Fifty-Seven: Tokyo Bay, Japan

  Chapter Fifty-Eight: USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan

  Epilogue: American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan

  Afterword: The Occupation of Japan: Turning an Enemy into an Ally

  The Decision to Develop and Use the Bomb

  Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR

  General Eisenhower’s Thoughts

  President Truman’s Reflections

  Letters and Opinions from Subsequent Presidents

  Little Boy and Fat Man

  Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Immediate and Lasting Effects

  Pearl Harbor

  Shame on American Soil: Relocation Centers

  FDR’s “Day of Infamy” Speech, December 8, 1941

  Emperor Hirohito’s Surrender Speech, the Jewel Voice Broadcast, August 15, 1945

  Japanese War Crimes Trials

  The Nuclear World

  After the War

  Time Line

  The Author Recommends

  Author’s Source Notes

  Index

  About the Author

  Copyright

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