War's end: an eyewitness account of America's last atomic mission
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On August 9, 1945, on the tiny island of Tinian in the South Pacific, a twenty-five-year-old American Army Air Corps major named Charles W. Sweeney climbed aboard a B-29 Superfortress in command of his first combat mission, one devised specifically to bring a long and terrible war to a necessary conclusion. In the belly of his bomber, Bock's Car , was a newly developed, fully armed weapon that had never been tested in a combat situation. It was a weapon capable of a level of destruction never before dreamed of in the history of the human race, a bomb whose terrifying aftershock would ultimately determine the direction of the twentieth century and change the world forever. The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Major General Charles W. Sweeney has the unique distinction of having been an integral part of both the Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing runs. Now updated with a new epilogue from the co-author, his book is an extraordinary chronicle of the months of careful planning and training; the setbacks, secrecy, and snafus; and the nerve-shattering final seconds and the astonishing aftermath of what is arguably the most significant single event in modern history: the employment of an atomic weapon during wartime. The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Major General Charles W. Sweeney has the unique distinction of having been an integral part of both the Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing runs. His book is an extraordinary chronicle of the months of careful planning and training; the setbacks, secrecy, and snafus; and the nerve-shattering final seconds and the astonishing aftermath of what is arguably the most significant single event in modern history: the employment of an atomic weapon during wartime.
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Aerial operations, American
Atomic bomb
Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
Autobiographies
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Generals
Generals -- United States -- Biography
History
Military
Moral and ethical aspects
Nonfiction
Personal narratives, American
Sweeney, Charles W
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Atomic bomb
Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
Autobiographies
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Generals
Generals -- United States -- Biography
History
Military
Moral and ethical aspects
Nonfiction
Personal narratives, American
Sweeney, Charles W
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
Autobiographies
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Generals -- United States -- Biography
History
Military
Nonfiction
Personal narratives, American
Sweeney, Charles W
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Autobiographies
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Generals -- United States -- Biography
History
Military
Nonfiction
Personal narratives, American
Sweeney, Charles W
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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War's end : an eyewitness account of America's last atomic mission
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War's end [electronic resource] : An eyewitness account of america's last atomic mission. Charles W Sweeney
War's end [electronic resource] : An eyewitness account of america's last atomic mission. Charles W Sweeney
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Atomic bomb
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Military
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Biography & Autobiography
Generals
History
Military
Moral and ethical aspects
Nonfiction
Sweeney, Charles W
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