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Most Americans believe that WWII ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Presenting a different interpretation, this book also details how Americans generated a new story about the origins of the bomb after surrender: that the US knew in advance that the bomb would end the war.Gordin, Michael D. is the author of 'Five Days in August How World War II Became a Nuclear War', published 2007 under ISBN 9780691128184 and ISBN 0691128189.
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