The decision to use the atomic bomb, and the architecture of an American myth

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: ALPEROVITZ, GAR (Author)
HarperCollins (Publisher)
Production date: 1995
Place made: London
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 24cm., Pagination: xiv, 847p.
Catalogue number: LBY 95 / 2354

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