the Enola Gay and other battles for the American past
Linenthal, Edward Tabor
1996
Collection of essays that examine the controversy over the Smithsonian Institution's aborted 1995 exhibit which was to have featured the Enola Gay, the World War II plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, as the focus of an examination of the destructive use of atomic energy.
Discusses the events and decisions that led to the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, particularly Truman's role as decision maker and initiator of the act.
Contains photographs and text which provide a record of Hiroshima as it appears nearly a half century after it was decimated by an atomic bomb, and tells the stories of some of the people who survived the World War II attack.
Argues against the necessity of dropping the atomic bomb on Japan during World War II. Discusses the role that United States/Soviet Union foreign relations played in the decision.
Details the events and aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, based on eyewitness accounts from survivors like Tsutomu Tamaguchi, who survived ground zero in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
World War II combat soldier-turned-peace activist Howard Zinn discusses the moral and ethical issues posed by war. Challenges official U.S. military history and includes personal perspectives.
Lauren Cooper's devotion to her older brother Henry is shattered after a sudden tragedy, and she struggles to understand the person he has become and the impact his disease has had on her own life.
