World War II
- ISBN-10
- 0816049386
- ISBN-13
- 9780816049387
- Series
- World War II
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Authors
- John Stewart Bowman, Maurice Isserman
Description
Discusses various aspects of World War II, including the effect of war on women and minorities, and Szilard and Einstein's encouragement of Roosevelt to make an atomic bomb.
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