The Day the World Went Nuclear by Bill O'Reilly - ADVISABLE

O’Reilly, Bill  The Day the World Went Nuclear, 294 pgs. Henry Holt and Company, 2017.  $19.99  Content: Language: PG (2 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG-13.  

This book explains the events leading up to the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Mostly based in 1945, the book goes back and forth between what is happening in Japan, Los Alamos and throughout the Pacific as World War II comes to a head.  The key players in the United States government and the Japanese government are discussed, and their involvement in the war.  

This is a succinct description of the final year of war in the Pacific.  The devastation that the bomb causes in Japan and the opposition against it are discussed as well as the reasons why the United States decided to go ahead with the bombing.  The violence includes mass killing and description of the effects of the nuclear bomb.  There are great pictures included throughout and some primary documents.  

MS, HS – ADVISABLE.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.