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    The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific
    The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific
    The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific
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    The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific

    Written by Bill O'Reilly

    Narrated by Robert Petkoff

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    About this audiobook

    Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe, but in the Pacific, American soldiers face an enemy who will not surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Meanwhile, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. Newly inaugurated president Harry Truman faces the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon.

    Adapted from Bill O'Reilly's historical thriller Killing the Rising Sun, with characteristically gripping storytelling, this story explores the decision to use the atom bomb and the end of World War II in the Pacific.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJun 20, 2017
    ISBN9781427287281
    The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific
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    Bill O'Reilly

    For more than thirteen years, three-time Emmy Award winner Bill O’REillyhas presided over The O’Reilly Factor on the FOX News Channel, the highest-ratednews program on cable. Prior to that, he served as a national correspondent for ABCNews and as an anchor of the nationally syndicated news magazine program InsideEdition. He is the author of numerous megabestsellers, including A Bold Fresh Pieceof Humanity, a deeply personal memoir that has sold more than one million copies.

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      Another Great book with lots of detail Worth the read!!!!!