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Countdown 1945 : the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and the 116 days that changed the world  Cover Image Book Book

Countdown 1945 : the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and the 116 days that changed the world / Chris Wallace with Mitch Weiss.

Wallace, Chris, (author.). Weiss, Mitch, (author.).

Summary:

A "behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the Americans attack on Hiroshima"--Dust jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982143343 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Illustrations on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index.
Subject: Atomic bomb > United States > History.
World War, 1939-1945.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
United States > Foreign relations > Japan.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Chris Wallace is an anchor for CNN and host of Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?, a wide-ranging interview program on Max. Prior to CNN, Wallace was the anchor of Fox News Sunday for eighteen years where he covered every major political event. Throughout his five decades in broadcasting, he has interviewed numerous U.S. and world leaders, including seven American presidents, and won every major broadcast news award for his reporting, including three Emmy Awards, the duPont-Columbia Silver Baton, and the Peabody Award. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Countdown Bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice and Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World.

Mitch Weiss is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist for the Associated Press, covering subjects ranging from military misconduct, government corruption, and white-collar crimes to the housing meltdown and unsafe medical devices. He is also the critically acclaimed author or coauthor of nine books.

Chris Wallace is the anchor of Fox News Sunday. In his eighteen years at Fox, Wallace has covered almost every key political event. Throughout his five decades in broadcasting, he has interviewed numerous US and world leaders, including seven American presidents, and won every major broadcast news award for his reporting, including three Emmy Awards, the duPont-Columbia Silver Baton, and the Peabody Award. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice and Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World.

Mitch Weiss is a Pulitzer Prize'winning investigative journalist for the Associated Press, covering subjects ranging from military misconduct, government corruption, and white-collar crimes to the housing meltdown and unsafe medical devices. He is also the critically acclaimed author or coauthor of nine books.


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