Roosevelt, F., on
Manila, Philippines
battle in
Japan and
MacArthur in
Spaatz in
Yamashita in
Marquardt, George
Marshall, George
Matsushige, Yoshito
McCloy, John J.
McIntire, Ross T.
McKnight, Charles
McVay, Charles, III
Mikami, Yosaku
military strategy. See also Japanese military defense
military training
Missouri, USS
description of
MacArthur on
surrender ceremony on
symbolic features of
in Tokyo Bay
Montgomery, Bernard
Mori, Takeshi
Moscow, Soviet Union
Nagasaki
Bockscar and
bombing of
description of
Hirohito and
immediate and lasting effects of bombing
Shinto shrine in
Truman, H, after bombing of
napalm
Nashville, USS
New Mexico. See also Manhattan Project
Alamogordo Army Air Field in
Jornada del Muerto Desert in
Los Alamos
news and publicity
on Hiroshima
Japanese surrender
after Trinity testing
Nimitz, Chester
MacArthur and
Nixon, Richard
nuclear chain reactions
nuclear weapons. See also atomic bombs
Obama, Barack
Okinawa Island
battle in
casualties in
description of
pictorial map of
Stalin and
United States and
Olivi, Fred
Oneida
Operation Coronet
Operation Magic
Operation Meetinghouse
Operation Olympic
Oppenheimer, Robert
background on
in Los Alamos
Manhattan Project and
Trinity atomic bomb testing and
after World War II
O’Reilly, Angela
O’Reilly, William James, Jr.
O’Reilly, William James, Sr.
Parsons, Bob
Parsons, William “Deak”
Patton, George S.
on Soviet Union
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu, Philippines
Penney, William
Percival, Arthur
Perry, Matthew
Philippines. See Leyte, Visayan Islands; Manila, Philippines; Peleliu, Philippines
plutonium. See also Fat Man bomb
Potsdam summit
Churchill in
Japanese surrender and
Stalin in
Truman, H., in
prisoners of war
publicity. See news and publicity
“Purple” code
radiation
Rayburn, Sam
relocation centers
Rhoades, Weldon
Roosevelt, Anna
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
“Day of Infamy Speech” by
death of
Einstein and
on Manhattan Project
Pearl Harbor and
in Yalta conference
Russell, Richard
Russia. See Soviet Union; Stalin, Joseph
Sachs, Alexander
Sasebo Naval Station
Shigemitsu, Mamoru
Shinto shrine
ships
Augusta, USS
Bunker Hill, USS
Indianapolis, USS
Missouri, USS
Nashville, USS
Oneida
Sledge, Eugene
Solomon Islands
Soviet Union
expansion of
Japan and
in Manchuria conflict
Moscow
Patton on
START and
Yalta conference in
Spaatz, Carl
atomic bomb and
in Manila, Philippines
Stalin, Joseph
goals of
Manchuria conflict and
Okinawa and
in Potsdam summit
Truman, H., and
after World War II
in Yalta conference
START. See Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Stilwell, Joseph W.
Stimson, Henry L.
on atomic bombs
Stone, Harlan Fiske
Strategic Air Forces, U.S.
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
Strauss, Lewis L.
Supreme Council for Direction of War
Sutherland, Richard
in Leyte, Visayan Islands
Suzuki, Kantaro
Sweeney, Charles
Bockscar and
in Hiroshima
after World War II
Target Committee
Taylor, Ralph, Jr.
theater group
Tibbets, Paul W.
background on
Bockscar and
Enola Gay and
Little Boy bomb and
in Tinian, Mariana Islands
after World War II
time line, of World War II
Tinian, Mariana Islands
aerial view of
Tibbets in
Togo, Shigenori
Tojo, Hideki
Tokyo Bay
Tokyo bombings
B-29 bombers in
Doolittle raid on
Hirohito during
LeMay in
M-69 firebombs in
on March 10,1945
on March 18,1945
Operation Meetinghouse and
United States during
Toyama, Japan
Toyoda, Soemu
Trinitite
Trinity
force measurements for
success of
testing of
Truman, Bess Wallace
Truman, Harry S.
on atomic bombs
on Augusta
in Berlin
after Hiroshima bombing
Japanese surrender and
MacArthur and
after Nagasaki bombing
opinions on, from subsequent presidents
in Oval Office
in Potsdam summit
reflections of
Stalin and
taking oath of office
Truman, Margaret
Uehara, Shigetaro
U.K. See United Kingdom
Ulithi Atoll
Umezu, Yoshijiro
United Kingdom (U.K.)
United States (U.S.). See also Hiroshima; Japan; Nagasaki
Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico
American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
Americans, on atomic bomb
Doolittle raid by
Geneva Conventions and
in Guadalcanal
Hague Conventions and
Hunter’s Point, San Francisco, California
Japanese Americans in
Jornada del Muerto Desert in
Leyte, Visayan Islands, and
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Manhattan Project and
Manila, Philippines, and
during occupation of Japan
Okinawa Island and
Operation Coronet by
Operation Magic by
Operation Meetinghouse by
Operation Olympic by
Pearl Harbor and
Peleliu, Philippines, and
Potsdam summit and
prisoners of war and
relocation centers in
Solomon Islands a
nd
START and
Strategic Air Forces
Target Committee
Tinian, Mariana Islands, and
in Tokyo Bay
during Tokyo bombings
on war crimes
White House in
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
Yalta conference
Churchill in
purpose of
Roosevelt, F., in
Stalin in
Yamamoto, Isoroku
Yamashita, Tomoyuki
Leyte, Visayan Islands, and
in Manila, Philippines
Yasukuni Shrine
Yonai, Mitsumasa
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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
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