{"product_id":"countdown-1945-paperback","title":"COUNTDOWN 1945 (Paperback)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe #1 national bestselling “riveting” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), “propulsive” (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) behind-the-scenes account “that reads like a tense thriller” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) of the 116 days leading up to the American attack on Hiroshima, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Chris Wallace, veteran journalist and CNN anchor and Max host.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApril 12, 1945: After years of bloody conflict in Europe and the Pacific, America is stunned by news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death. In an instant, Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning and knows nothing of the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first atomic bomb, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents—and confront one of the most consequential decisions in history. \u003ci\u003eCountdown 1945\u003c\/i\u003e tells the gripping true story of the turbulent days, weeks, and months to follow, leading up to August 6, 1945, when Truman gives the order to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCountdown 1945\u003c\/i\u003e, Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and CNN anchor and Max host, takes readers inside the minds of the iconic and elusive figures who join the quest for the bomb, each for different reasons: the legendary Albert Einstein, who eventually calls his vocal support for the atomic bomb “the one great mistake in my life”; lead researcher J. Robert “Oppie” Oppenheimer and the Soviet spies who secretly infiltrate his team; the fiercely competitive pilots of the plane selected to drop the bomb; and many more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Perhaps most of all, \u003ci\u003eCountdown 1945\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an untested new president confronting a decision that he knows will change the world forever. But more than a book about the atomic bomb, \u003ci\u003eCountdown 1945\u003c\/i\u003e is also an unforgettable account of the lives of ordinary American and Japanese civilians in wartime—from “Calutron Girls” like Ruth Sisson in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to ten-year-old Hiroshima resident Hideko Tamura, who survives the blast at ground zero but loses her mother and later immigrates to the United States, where she lives to this day—as well as American soldiers fighting in the Pacific, waiting in fear for the order to launch a possible invasion of Japan. Told with vigor, intelligence, and humanity, \u003ci\u003eCountdown 1945\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive account of one of the most significant moments in history.","brand":"Wallace, Chris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337299095826,"sku":"9781982143350","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/9781982143350_34cee.jpg?v=1780572272","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/countdown-1945-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}