Rain of Ruin; A Photographic History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Goldstein, Donald M., and Dillon, Katherine V., and Wenger, J. Michael - 1995

Washington DC: Brassey's, 1995. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11 inches. xiii, [3], 175, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Chronology. Selected Bibliography. Photo Credits. Index. Minor DJ wear. As the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II drew to a close, the controversy still rages. On one side are those who believe the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary. Had the war continued and a planned invasion of the Japanese islands been carried out, they argue, there would have been at least a million American - and Japanese - casualties. On the other side are those who focus on the devastation and human loss caused by the bombs. Rain of Ruin is the first comprehensive photographic record of the bombings. The team of Donald Goldstein, Katherine Dillon, and Michael Wenger have created another WWII classic in their selection of over four hundred photographs of U.S. preparations for the attack and of the two cities and their people before, during, and after those fateful days. This photographic history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki provides the first comprehensive photographic record of the bombings and their aftermath, presenting a history of the two cities before and after the bombs drop and also including photos of American and Japanese politicians and military men involved in the bombing. The authors have gathered together over 400 photographs of the two cities and their people, before and after those fateful days. As the 50th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki drew near, this book profiled the two cities and their people, before and after those fateful days. Donald M. Goldstein, Ph.D. (University of Denver) is a retired Air Force officer who served for 22 years. He is currently a Professor of Public and International Affairs at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at the Air Force Academy, the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, the University of Tampa, Troy State University and the University of Pittsburgh. A former Associate Dean at this school, he is currently on the faculties of Asian Studies, Eastern European, Western European, and the Honors College programs at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently the Associate Director of the Matthew Ridgway Center for International Security Studies. Dr. Goldstein is author or co-author of over 50 articles and 21 books. His most famous is At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, which is in its 20th printing. The book was first runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 and was on the New York Times bestseller list for 47 weeks. His book, Miracle at Midway, was on the bestseller lists for 9 weeks. Other books by Goldstein and his associates include December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History, The Williwaw War (the story of the Arkansas national guard in World War II Alaska), Target Tokyo: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring, Nuts: The Story of the Battle of the Bulge, D-Day Normandy, The Spanish-American War, Vietnam, The Korean War, Fading Victory: The Autobiography of Admiral M. Ugaki, The Pearl Harbor Papers, and a biography of Amelia Earhart. Averaging over 200 talks a year to radio, TV and civic organizations, Dr. Goldstein has been awarded two Peabody awards for work on "Pearl Harbor: Two Hours that Changed the World" with David Brinkley (ABC), and "D-Day: A Soldier s Story" with Peter Jennings (ABC). His teaching awards include: 14 straight teaching certificates for outstanding teaching from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs; 7 times teacher of the year, Air Command and Staff College; award for teaching excellence from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA, 1999). In 2002, he was awarded the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to his Ph.D. from the University of Denver, Dr. Goldstein holds a Bachelor of Arts, three masters degrees and is a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and the Air War College.