Langley, Andrew.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki : fire from the sky / by Andrew Langley. - Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, 2006. - 96 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. - Snapshots in history .

Includes index and glossary.

Includes bibliographic references.

Fire from the sky -- Splitting the atom -- The world at war -- The race for the bomb -- Bombing Hiroshima -- Death of two cities -- Out of the ruins -- The shadow of the bomb.

Provides detailed information of the development of the atomic bomb, along with the dropping of this weapon in the Japenese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Includes source notes and timline.

6-8 6-8 1010L Lexile



0756516218 $33.26

2005027146


Atomic bomb--History.
Nuclear weapons--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage.

D767.25.H6

940.54/2521954

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