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Nagasaki : life after nuclear war, Susan Southard

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  • This book is a powerful and unflinching account of the enduring impact of nuclear war, told through the stories of those who survived. On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, a small port city on Japan's southernmost island. An estimated 74,000 people died within the first five months, and another 75,000 were injured. Published on the seventieth anniversary of the bombing, Nagasaki takes readers from the morning of the bombing to the city today, telling the first-hand experiences of five survivors, all of whom were teenagers at the time of the devastation. Susan Southard has spent years interviewing hibakusha ("bomb-affected people") and researching the physical, emotional, and social challenges of post-atomic life. She weaves together dramatic eyewitness accounts with searing analysis of the policies of censorship and denial that colored much of what was reported about the bombing both in the United States and Japan. A gripping narrative of human resilience, Nagasaki will help shape public discussion and debate over one of the most controversial wartime acts in history. - Publisher
  • Published to coincide with the seventieth anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, a narrative of human resilience, told through first-hand experiences of five survivors, reveals the physical, emotional, and social challenges of post-atomic life
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xix, 389 pages
Contents
  • A note on Japanese names and terms
  • Prologue
  • Convergence
  • Flashpoint
  • Embers
  • Exposed
  • Time suspended
  • Emergence
  • Afterlife
  • Against forgetting
  • Gaman
  • Hibakusha sources and selected bibliography
Isbn
9780670025626
Instance
Label
Nagasaki : life after nuclear war
Title
Nagasaki
Title remainder
life after nuclear war
Statement of responsibility
Susan Southard
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • This book is a powerful and unflinching account of the enduring impact of nuclear war, told through the stories of those who survived. On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, a small port city on Japan's southernmost island. An estimated 74,000 people died within the first five months, and another 75,000 were injured. Published on the seventieth anniversary of the bombing, Nagasaki takes readers from the morning of the bombing to the city today, telling the first-hand experiences of five survivors, all of whom were teenagers at the time of the devastation. Susan Southard has spent years interviewing hibakusha ("bomb-affected people") and researching the physical, emotional, and social challenges of post-atomic life. She weaves together dramatic eyewitness accounts with searing analysis of the policies of censorship and denial that colored much of what was reported about the bombing both in the United States and Japan. A gripping narrative of human resilience, Nagasaki will help shape public discussion and debate over one of the most controversial wartime acts in history. - Publisher
  • Published to coincide with the seventieth anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, a narrative of human resilience, told through first-hand experiences of five survivors, reveals the physical, emotional, and social challenges of post-atomic life
Biography type
contains biographical information
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FBP
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Southard, Susan
Dewey number
940.54/8252
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
D767.25.N3
LC item number
S68 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Atomic bomb victims
  • Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
  • Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
  • Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
Label
Nagasaki : life after nuclear war, Susan Southard
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-372) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
A note on Japanese names and terms -- Prologue -- Convergence -- Flashpoint -- Embers -- Exposed -- Time suspended -- Emergence -- Afterlife -- Against forgetting -- Gaman -- Hibakusha sources and selected bibliography
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xix, 389 pages
Isbn
9780670025626
Lccn
2015413594
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn893895004
  • 1176349
Label
Nagasaki : life after nuclear war, Susan Southard
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-372) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
A note on Japanese names and terms -- Prologue -- Convergence -- Flashpoint -- Embers -- Exposed -- Time suspended -- Emergence -- Afterlife -- Against forgetting -- Gaman -- Hibakusha sources and selected bibliography
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xix, 389 pages
Isbn
9780670025626
Lccn
2015413594
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn893895004
  • 1176349

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