The Manhattan Project

This is one of the books for young readers in the Cornerstones of Freedom series.

It starts off by talking about the testing of the first atomic bomb, then manages to confuse me. The book says that “The steel tower that supported the bomb vanished without a trace.” Yet in a photograph on the same page, it shows two men looking at “what was left of the tower...” Now, either it was totally destroyed or it wasn't. The book contradicts itself on a single page.

The book has a picture of the test bomb that I have not seen elsewhere.

The book discusses the possibility of an invasion of Japan itself, and uses the “one million” casualty figure that is somewhat questionable, at least according to other sources.

The book then talks about the bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It's a relatively introductory-style book for rather young readers.

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