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Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb
by Christman, Albert B.; Christman, Al
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1557501203
- ISBN 13
- 9781557501202
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Pr, 1998, 1998. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 305pp/illus. Navy captain William S. "Deak" Parsons made the atomic bomb happen. As ordnance chief and associate director at Los Alamos, Parsons turned the scientists' nuclear creation into a practical weapon. As weaponeer, he completed the assembly of "Little Boy" during the flight to Hiroshima. As bomb commander, he approved the release of the bomb that forever changed the world. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Seller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 008556
- Title
- Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb
- Author
- Christman, Albert B.; Christman, Al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1557501203
- ISBN 13
- 9781557501202
- Publisher
- Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Pr, 1998
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- ATOMIC BOMB HISTORY MILITARY NUCLEAR 1557501203 WORLD WAR II
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DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Fine
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