Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days that Changed the World by Mitch Weiss, Chris Wallace

Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days that Changed the World

Mitch Weiss, Chris Wallace

312 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative tense medium-paced
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April 12, 1945: America is stunned by the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents. Wallace tells the gripping true ...

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informative 93%
reflective 48%
emotional 29%
tense 25%
dark 22%
challenging 19%
sad 16%
adventurous 12%

Pace

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fast 35%
slow 3%

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