books about: h-bomb     books:       The Firecracker Boys: H-bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement225 reviews Dan O'Neill Basic Books, 2007 Stunning, moving, richly detailed I read this book a few summers ago, and I couldn't put it down. O'Neill's exhaustive research--including many personal interviews--helps solidify this book's place in the pantheon of great historical non-fiction of the 20th century. "The Firecracker Boys" picks up after World War II when the United States government, eager to find peaceful uses for nuclear power, proposed building a harbor near ...             Ridgewell's Flying Fortresses: The 381st Bombardment Group (H) in World War Ii Ron MacKay Schiffer Publishing, 2000 In June 1943 the quiet English countryside around the village of Ridgewell in northwest Essex was transformed by the arrival of the 381st Bomb Group with its B-17 Flying Fortresses. The subsequent battle in the skies over Europe witnessed the 381st, in concert with their fellow-airmen with the Mighty Eighth, striking 297 times at Hitlers Fortress Europe and dropping over 22,000 tons of ordnance in the process. The cost to the group was 131 ...             The 451st Bomb Group in World War II: A Pictorial History3 reviews Mike Hill Schiffer Publishing, 2000 Combat History of the 15th Air Force's Best B-24 Group! Claiming one particular bomb group was "the best" is fraught with danger. Yet consider the following: the 451st Bomb Group flew 245 missions in WWII, earning an unprecedented three(!) Distinguished Unit Citations. The 451st was the ONLY 15th AF bomb unit - B-17 or B-24 - to be accorded that honor. The 451st ended the war with the highest bomb score in the entire 15th AF, logging the only ...             Uncle Phil and the Atomic Bomb Philip H. Abelson, John Abelson Roberts & Company Publishers, 2007 Uncle Phil and the Atomic Bomb is the story of Philip Abelson, a highly regarded scientist, the editor of Science magazine, and the President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The story begins in Philip Abelson's voice describing his roots growing up in Tacoma, Washington and ends with his experiences in the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. His story in the war effort is unique in that he did not work at the Manhattan ...             A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100Th" Bomb Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Action over Europe in ...10 reviews Harry H. Crosby Harpercollins (Mm), 1994 One of the best accounts of the Air War in Europe Harry Crosby's account of the 100th Bomb Group and the air war against Naze Germany from mid-1943 till the end is one of the most informative and thoughtful memoirs of those dark days. Crosby relates many stories in his accounts, of his own experiences as a navigator, of the impact that Curtis LeMay and other group commanders had on combat techniques, of the sometimes touchy relationships ...             One World or None: A Report to the Public on the Full Meaning of the Atomic Bomb New Press, 2007 A timely reissue of a 1946 New York Times bestseller, in which the world's leading nuclear scientists (including five Nobel laureates) warn of the dangers of a nuclear world. In 1946, just months after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the scientists who had developed nuclear technology came together to express their concerns and thoughts about the nuclear age they had unleashed. In a small, urgent book of essays, legends ...             One of Our H-bombs is Missing1 review Flora Lewis McGraw-Hill, 1967 An interesting part of history, rarely seen or presented As far as non-fiction work goes the perspective the author has is quite important and in this case the author gets the brass ring. At the time this book was written it was rather unusual for a women to have 30 years of experience, in the field of journalism.The gender of a person should not have anything to do with intellect, but this is something worth noting. As far as perspectives goes it ...             The H-bomb Girl Stephen Baxter Faber Children's Books, 2008 Liverpool 1962. A place and time of danger and passion. A thrilling new music is bursting on to the grey streets of the post-war city. A music that electrifies. A music that promises to change everything. But in Cuba, on the other side of the earth, nuclear tensions are at breaking point. The end of the whole world could be just days away. At the heart of it all is 14-year-old Laura Mann. She's on the run, hunted by strange forces fighting over ...             Secret Weapons of the Cold War: From the H-Bomb to SDI3 reviews Bill Yenne Berkley, 2005 I'm not an english language purist... I'm a Cold War historian After reading hundreds of reports written by intelligence analysts, the minor grammatical errors that populate this text are easily overlooked. This book is a gem for the listing of the Soviet weapons... I want more info on them, but I guess I'll have to raid the vaults at NAIC. The info on American systems is better covered elsewhere, but strengthens the compare and contrast with the Soviet ...             The Atomic Times: My H-Bomb Year at the Pacific Proving Ground9 reviews Michael Harris Presidio Press, 2005 A Taste Of What I Never Experienced In Life This is an excellent book that in non-technical language gives the reader some insight into the relationships that existed on this sparse island, Eniwetok, among the members of joint task force 7 during operation red-wing. Since this reader has never served in the armed forces and had an absentee father from the age of nine, I never was able to experience life in the armed forces. This book ...             B-17s over Berlin: Personal Stories from the 95th Bomb Group (H)3 reviews Brassey's Inc, 1995 The Air War in the Words of the Men Who Lived It 'B-17's over Berlin', edited by the respected British air historian Ian Hawkins, is a collection of stories told by the men of the US 8th Air Force, 95th Bomb Group, about their experiences in World War II. It is a labor of love of the men of the 95th Bomb Group and a fitting tribute to their contributions to the Allied victory over Hitler in the skies over Europe. The 95th is known as the ...             Operation Crossroads: The Official Pictorial Record1 review Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1946 In retrospect this is a horrifying book I found a copy of this book at a library auction and had to pick it up. When it says "pictorial history" that's exactly what it means - almost every page has original photographs of the whole process we used to detonate the 4th and 5th atomic bombs. You see, blowing up the desert wasn't enough for us. Blowing up two Japanese cities didn't QUITE tell us everything we wanted to know after the ...             Harry S. Truman and the Bomb: A Documentary History2 reviews Robert H. Ferrell High Plains Publishing Company, 1996 A Needed Book! Revisionist history upsets me very much. I especially dislike revisionist history dealing with the ending of the Second World War and the Cold War. Somehow, despite all common sense, reality, and historical evidence there are people who believe, write and teach that Harry S. Truman had alternative motives when he ended WWII by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I am a big fan ...             Countdown Zero2 reviews Orville E. Kelly, Thomas H. Saffer Penguin (Non-Classics), 1983 Of Atomic Veterans and a Shattered Trust I first read "Countdown Zero" as an undergraduate political science major. Many years later, the book still haunts me. While the prose is easy to read, the subject matter and human context is evocative, unnerving, and disheartening. When you enlist into the military, you agree to relinquish some of your personal rights and freedoms in order to serve and protect your country. Implicit in this ...             The Third Dragon1 review Frank Simon B&H Publishing Group, 2002 This could have been done better... The Third Dragon, an international suspense thriller with a touch of Christianity to it, aims for the stars and misses. Don't get me wrong. The action in this novel is very high-paced and thrilling. It just felt as if Simon wanted to slap some Christian angle to it to get it published on a Christian Fiction shelf. Simon's characters are real enough. Air Force Maj. Don Stewart is our hero, a kind ...             The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Clue, 2008 The investigation into the after affects of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.             From Crossbow to H-Bomb (Midland Book, MB 161) Bernard Brodie Indiana University Press, 1973 " ...offers the quickest way I know to acquire the basic historical background that we ought all to have." - O N Louis J. Halle, Survival. This classic in the field of military history covers weaponry from Archimedes catapult down to MIRV and the ABM, emphasizes the contributions of science to warfare, and includes an extensive new chapter on the weapons of the nuclear age.              search for books berlin, bombardment, bombing, countdown, crossbow, crossroads, documentary, environmental, eskimos, firecracker, fortresses, h-bombs, hiroshima, history, inupiat, meaning, midland, missing, movement, nagasaki, official, operation, pacific, personal, pictorial, proving, record, ridgewell, stories, weapons books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Reflexology Atlas we recommend Stunning, moving, richly detailed leave a comment home  impressum - about us