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The effects of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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- the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Chairman's Office
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- English
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- [Washington, D.C.] : United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Chairman's Office, 1946
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1946
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- v, 46 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves : illustrations, maps (some folded, color) ; 25 cm
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- ocm01397707
- "30 June 1946."
- "United States Strategic Bombing Survey. European war. List of reports": pages 44-46.
- I. Introduction -- II. The effects of the atomic bombings. The attacks and damage ; General effects ; Morale ; The Japanese decision to surrender -- III. How the atomic bomb works. The nature of the explosion ; Heat ; Radiation ; Blast ; The atomic bomb compared with other weapons -- IV. Signposts. The danger ; What we can do about it: Shelters ; Decentralization ; Civilian defense ; Active defense ; Conclusion
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- Atomic bomb.
- Nuclear warfare.
- Radiation injuries.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
- Hydrogen bomb.
- Nuclear Warfare
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- Radiation Injuries
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- Nuclear Weapons
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- World War II
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- United States
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- Japan
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