Обратный отсчёт. 116 дней до атомной бомбардировки Хиросимы

National Archives and Record Administration, Washington, D. C. Эти архивы включают в себя материалы Военно-морского флота США, армии США и другие документы, связанные со Второй мировой войной, войной на Тихом океане и Манхэттенским проектом. Они включают рассекреченные меморандумы о миссиях, связанных с атомной бомбой, в том числе протоколы заседаний Временного комитета и Комитета по целям, журналы полетов, навигационные путевые карты и приказы.

Public Papers, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Public Papers, Harry S. Truman.

U. S. Department of Energy. Office of History and Heritage Resources. Manhattan Project.

U. S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland. Серия записанных на пленку интервью с контр-адмиралом Дрейпером Кауфманом, том I и том II. Они содержат более 1300 страниц расшифровок интервью с Кауфманом, в которых он размышляет о своем пребывании в ВМС США и о командах водолазов-подрывников во время Второй мировой войны.

U. S. State Department. Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, vol. 2. Stimson diary dated July 24, 1945.

U. S. State Department. Office of Historian. Atomic Diplomacy.

Периодические издания

Bainbridge, Kenneth T. "A Foul and Awesome Display." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 31, 1975.

Groves, Leslie R. "The Atom General Answers His Critics." Saturday Evening Post, May 19, 1948.

Isaacson, Walter. "Chain Reaction: From Einstein to the Atomic Bomb." Discover Magazine, March 18, 2008.

Kistiakowsky, George B. "Trinity – A Reminiscence." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June 1980.

Laurence, William L. "The Atom Gives Up." Saturday Evening Post, September 7, 1940.

Lewis, Robert A. "How We Dropped the A-Bomb." Popular Science, August 1957.

Michaud, John. "Double Take Eighty-Five from the Archive: John Hersey." New Yorker, June 8, 2010.

Moffett, George. "Truman's Atom-Bomb Dilemma." Christian Science Monitor, July 31, 1995.

Mohan, Uday, and Sahno Tree. "Hiroshima, American Media, and the Construction of Conventional Wisdom." Journal of American-East Asian Relations 4, no. 2 (summer 1995).

Moore, David W. "Majority Supports Use of Atomic Bomb on Japan in WWII." Gallup News Service, August 5, 2005.

Stimson, Henry J. "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb." Harper's Magazine 194 (February 1947).

Stokes, Bruce. "70 Years after Hiroshima, Opinions Have Shifted on Use of Atomic Bomb." Pew Research, August 4, 2015.

Szilard, Leo. "Perspectives in American History, Volume II." 1968.

Tibbets, Paul. "How to Drop an Atom Bomb." Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1946.

"The War Ends: Burst of Atomic Bomb Brings Swift Surrender of Japanese." Life, August 20, 1945.

Wellerstein, Alex. "What Presidents Talk About When They Talk About Hiroshima." New Yorker, May 27, 2016.

Газеты и телеграфные агентства

Asbury Park Press. "A-Bomb Pilot Carves New Career." August 2, 1970.

Associated Press. "Old Pals Differ on Using Bomb." August 7, 1957.

Chicago Tribune. "40 Years Later, John Hersey Revisits Hiroshima." July 17, 1985.

Hattiesburg American. May 7, 1945.

New York Daily News. May 7, 1945.

New York Times. "Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki Told by Flight Members." September 9, 1945.

–. "Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in July 16 Test." September 26, 1943.

–. "Lightning Blew Up Dummy Atom Bomb." September 27, 1945.

–. "Atom Bomb Based on Einstein Theory." September 28, 1945.

–. "Atomic Factories Incredible Sight." September 29, 1945.

–. "Engineering Vision in Atomic Project." October 1, 1945.

–. "Gases Explain Size of Atomic Plants." October 3, 1945.

–. "Scientists 'Create' in Atomic Project." October 4, 1945.

–. "Element 94 Key to Atomic Puzzle." October 5, 1945.

–. "Plutonium Lifted by New Chemistry." October 8, 1945.

–. "Atomic Key to Life Is Feasible Now." October 9, 1945.

Parsons, Louella O. "Ralph Edwards Show." Column, May 14, 1955.

Pittsburgh Press. May 7, 1945.

Providence Journal. August 9, 2015.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Stars and Stripes. March 24, 1945.

–. April 9, 1945.

United Press International.

Washington Post. "Remembering Bess." October 19, 1982.

Интервью

Устные истории участников манхэттенского проекта, включая Лилли Хорниг, Томаса Джонса и Джорджа Кэрона.

The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum: интервью с Джорджем Элси.

Рут Хаддлстон, интервью 21 июля 2019 г.

Хидэко Тамура Снайдер, интервью в июле и августе 2019 г.