by Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts · PLAZA & JANES S.A · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401331343
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«Enola Gay: la misión atómica a Hiroshima» is the historical essay by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts, published by Plaza & Janés in hardback (386 pages).
It reconstructs the preparations, execution and consequences of the mission of the Enola Gay bomber, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, within the framework of the Manhattan Project and the end of the Second World War. It draws on interviews, government documents and unpublished material to offer a detailed view of the episode.
Published in 1978, the illustrated edition falls under the history category; the cover shows a B-29 over a nuclear smoke cloud.
Aimed at readers interested in the Second World War, the Manhattan Project and the origins of the atomic bomb.
Gordon Thomas was a British investigative journalist and author, notably on topics of secret intelligence. Thomas was the author of 53 books published worldwide including The Pope's Jews, Secret Wars, and Gideon's Spies, with sales exceeding 45 million copies. Thomas got the scoop on the nationalisation of the Suez Canal for the Daily Express in 1956. He was a cousin of the poet Dylan Thomas.
