The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II

by Herbert Feis

This book discusses the decision to use the atomic bomb. Libraries and scholars will find it a necessary adjunct to their other studies by Pulitzer-Prize author Herbert Feis on World War II.

Originally published in 1966.

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222 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Herbert Feis (born on June 7, 1893, in New York City, died on March 2, 1972, in Winter Park, FL) was an American Author and former Economic Advisor for International Affairs to the Department of State in the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations.

Feis was the Author of some 13 books and won the Pulitzer Prize for History for his work, Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference (1960). The book was about the Potsdam Conference and the origins of the Cold War.

The Herbert Feis Prize is awarded annually by the American Historical Association, the pre-eminent professional society of historians, to recognize the recent work of public historians or independent scholars.

Reviews

[Mohammad · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is filed with a lot of America's history. Like the Manhattan Project, which was the creation of the atomic bombs, t hat destroyed Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki, Japan. After the atomic bombs were deployed Japan surrendered to U.S demands. Thus, ending the recession and World War Two.