TY - BOOK AU - Malam,John TI - The bombing of Hiroshima T2 - Dates with history SN - 1583402136 (alk. paper) AV - D767.25.H6 M25 2002 U1 - 940.54/25 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Mankato, MN PB - Smart Apple Media KW - Atomic bomb KW - Juvenile literature KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Japan KW - Hiroshima-shi KW - Hiroshima-shi (Japan) KW - History KW - Bombardment, 1945 N1 - Includes index; The search for a super-bomb -- Splitting the atom -- America enters the war -- The Manhatten Project -- Testing the atomic bomb -- An important meeting -- A secret plan -- The target cities -- Hiroshima is bombed -- Death of a city and its people -- Nagasaki is bombed N2 - Relates how scientists in several countries over a period of many years conducted research that ultimately led to the invention of the atomic bomb, which was then used against Japan in the hope of ending World War II ER -