Author: David J. Dionisi
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412044219
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
American Hiroshima delivers concrete ideas to defeat terrorists, strengthen democracy, reduce weapons of mass destruction, and establish the United States as a 21st century force for peace.
Hiroshima in America
Author: Robert Jay Lifton
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Argues that information and debate about President Truman's decision to drop the bomb on Japan have been suppressed in order to prevent criticism of America.
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Argues that information and debate about President Truman's decision to drop the bomb on Japan have been suppressed in order to prevent criticism of America.
Hiroshima
Author: John Hersey
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593082362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. "The perspective [Hiroshima] offers from the bomb’s actual victims is the mandatory counterpart to any Oppenheimer viewing." —GQ Magazine “Nothing can be said about this book that can equal what the book has to say. It speaks for itself, and in an unforgettable way, for humanity.” —The New York Times Hiroshima is the story of six human beings who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. John Hersey tells what these six -- a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest -- were doing at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. Then he follows the course of their lives hour by hour, day by day. The New Yorker of August 31, 1946, devoted all its space to this story. The immediate repercussions were vast: newspapers here and abroad reprinted it; during evening half-hours it was read over the network of the American Broadcasting Company; leading editorials were devoted to it in uncounted newspapers. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them -- the variety of ways in which they responded to the past and went on with their lives -- is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593082362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. "The perspective [Hiroshima] offers from the bomb’s actual victims is the mandatory counterpart to any Oppenheimer viewing." —GQ Magazine “Nothing can be said about this book that can equal what the book has to say. It speaks for itself, and in an unforgettable way, for humanity.” —The New York Times Hiroshima is the story of six human beings who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. John Hersey tells what these six -- a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest -- were doing at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. Then he follows the course of their lives hour by hour, day by day. The New Yorker of August 31, 1946, devoted all its space to this story. The immediate repercussions were vast: newspapers here and abroad reprinted it; during evening half-hours it was read over the network of the American Broadcasting Company; leading editorials were devoted to it in uncounted newspapers. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them -- the variety of ways in which they responded to the past and went on with their lives -- is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.
Suffering Made Real
Author: M. Susan Lindee
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226482367
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 unleashed a force as mysterious as it was deadly—radioactivity. In 1946, the United States government created the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) to serve as a permanent agency in Japan with the official mission of studying the medical effects of radiation on the survivors. The next ten years saw the ABCC's most intensive research on the genetic effects of radiation, and up until 1974 the ABCC scientists published papers on the effects of radiation on aging, life span, fertility, and disease. Suffering Made Real is the first comprehensive history of the ABCC's research on how radiation affected the survivors of the atomic bomb. Arguing that Cold War politics and cultural values fundamentally shaped the work of the ABCC, M. Susan Lindee tells the compelling story of a project that raised disturbing questions about the ethical implications of using human subjects in scientific research. How did the politics of the emerging Cold War affect the scientists' biomedical research and findings? How did the ABCC document and publicly present the effects of radiation? Why did the ABCC refuse to provide medical treatment to the survivors? Through a detailed examination of ABCC policies, archival materials, the minutes of committee meetings, newspaper accounts, and interviews with ABCC scientists, Lindee explores how political and cultural interests were reflected in the day-to-day operations of this controversial research program. Set against a period of conflicting views of nuclear weapons and nuclear power, Suffering Made Real follows the course of a politically charged research program and reveals in detail how politics and cultural values can shape the conduct, results, and uses of science.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226482367
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 unleashed a force as mysterious as it was deadly—radioactivity. In 1946, the United States government created the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) to serve as a permanent agency in Japan with the official mission of studying the medical effects of radiation on the survivors. The next ten years saw the ABCC's most intensive research on the genetic effects of radiation, and up until 1974 the ABCC scientists published papers on the effects of radiation on aging, life span, fertility, and disease. Suffering Made Real is the first comprehensive history of the ABCC's research on how radiation affected the survivors of the atomic bomb. Arguing that Cold War politics and cultural values fundamentally shaped the work of the ABCC, M. Susan Lindee tells the compelling story of a project that raised disturbing questions about the ethical implications of using human subjects in scientific research. How did the politics of the emerging Cold War affect the scientists' biomedical research and findings? How did the ABCC document and publicly present the effects of radiation? Why did the ABCC refuse to provide medical treatment to the survivors? Through a detailed examination of ABCC policies, archival materials, the minutes of committee meetings, newspaper accounts, and interviews with ABCC scientists, Lindee explores how political and cultural interests were reflected in the day-to-day operations of this controversial research program. Set against a period of conflicting views of nuclear weapons and nuclear power, Suffering Made Real follows the course of a politically charged research program and reveals in detail how politics and cultural values can shape the conduct, results, and uses of science.
American Hiroshima
Author: David J. Dionisi
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412044219
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
American Hiroshima delivers concrete ideas to defeat terrorists, strengthen democracy, reduce weapons of mass destruction, and establish the United States as a 21st century force for peace.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412044219
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
American Hiroshima delivers concrete ideas to defeat terrorists, strengthen democracy, reduce weapons of mass destruction, and establish the United States as a 21st century force for peace.
The American Hiroshima:
Author: Dr.Hugh Cort
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781462067336
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Did You Know Iran is Planning a Nuclear Attack on America? Irans Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad have a fanatical religious belief that they can usher in the coming of their messiah, the 12th Imam, or Mahdi, by killing millions of Americans and Israelis (infidels) with nuclear bombs. Ahmadinejad has said this will happen very soon, and Iran has made a film about this, The Coming (of the Mahdi) is Upon Us. They are like suicide bombers, and do not fear death or retaliation. They are going to detonate nuclear bombs in multiple American cities, bombs that have been smuggled through the Mexican border into America, and they will try to blame it on al Qaeda. Iran was assisting Osama bin Laden with his American Hiroshima plan, and now Iran has taken over the plan. Iran already has nuclear bombs acquired from several sources, and is soon, in the next few months, to also produce their own nuclear bombs at the formerly secret site at Fordo, near the Holy City of Qom, and also will very soon have nuclear tipped missiles. To learn more about Irans plans for attack, and how you can prevent you and your family from getting fatal radiation sickness when the bombs go off, read this book, and also see our website, www.AFCPR.org. Also google Irans Mystery Flight to Venezuela/Fox News Video and Threat of Irans Nuclear Ambitions/Fox News Video.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781462067336
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Did You Know Iran is Planning a Nuclear Attack on America? Irans Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad have a fanatical religious belief that they can usher in the coming of their messiah, the 12th Imam, or Mahdi, by killing millions of Americans and Israelis (infidels) with nuclear bombs. Ahmadinejad has said this will happen very soon, and Iran has made a film about this, The Coming (of the Mahdi) is Upon Us. They are like suicide bombers, and do not fear death or retaliation. They are going to detonate nuclear bombs in multiple American cities, bombs that have been smuggled through the Mexican border into America, and they will try to blame it on al Qaeda. Iran was assisting Osama bin Laden with his American Hiroshima plan, and now Iran has taken over the plan. Iran already has nuclear bombs acquired from several sources, and is soon, in the next few months, to also produce their own nuclear bombs at the formerly secret site at Fordo, near the Holy City of Qom, and also will very soon have nuclear tipped missiles. To learn more about Irans plans for attack, and how you can prevent you and your family from getting fatal radiation sickness when the bombs go off, read this book, and also see our website, www.AFCPR.org. Also google Irans Mystery Flight to Venezuela/Fox News Video and Threat of Irans Nuclear Ambitions/Fox News Video.
Diabetes in America
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diabetes
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diabetes
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
America in the World
Author: Frank Costigliola
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107001463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
This volume includes historiographical surveys of American foreign relations since 1941 by some of the country's leading historians. Some of the essays offer sweeping overviews of the major trends in the field of foreign/international relations history. Others survey the literature on US relations with particular regions of the world or on the foreign policies of presidential administrations. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the historical literature on US foreign policy that highlights recent developments in the field.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107001463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
This volume includes historiographical surveys of American foreign relations since 1941 by some of the country's leading historians. Some of the essays offer sweeping overviews of the major trends in the field of foreign/international relations history. Others survey the literature on US relations with particular regions of the world or on the foreign policies of presidential administrations. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the historical literature on US foreign policy that highlights recent developments in the field.
The United States and the Second World War
Author: G. Kurt Piehler
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823231208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
In this text, Piehler and Pash bring together a collection of essays offering an examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue reconsideration of such seminal topics as the forces leading the US to enter World War II, the role of the American military in the Allied victory and more
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823231208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
In this text, Piehler and Pash bring together a collection of essays offering an examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue reconsideration of such seminal topics as the forces leading the US to enter World War II, the role of the American military in the Allied victory and more
The Atomic Bomb in Japanese Cinema
Author: Matthew Edwards
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476620202
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Seventy years after the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is still dealing with the effects of the bombings on the national psyche. From the Occupation Period to the present, Japanese cinema had offered a means of coming to terms with one of the most controversial events of the 20th century. From the monster movies Gojira (1954) and Mothra (1961) to experimental works like Go Shibata's NN-891102 (1999), atomic bomb imagery features in all genres of Japanese film. This collection of new essays explores the cultural aftermath of the bombings and its expression in Japanese cinema. The contributors take on a number of complex issues, including the suffering of the survivors (hibakusha), the fear of future holocausts and the danger of nuclear warfare. Exclusive interviews with Go Shibata and critically acclaimed directors Roger Spottiswoode (Hiroshima) and Steven Okazaki (White Light/Black Rain) are included.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476620202
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Seventy years after the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is still dealing with the effects of the bombings on the national psyche. From the Occupation Period to the present, Japanese cinema had offered a means of coming to terms with one of the most controversial events of the 20th century. From the monster movies Gojira (1954) and Mothra (1961) to experimental works like Go Shibata's NN-891102 (1999), atomic bomb imagery features in all genres of Japanese film. This collection of new essays explores the cultural aftermath of the bombings and its expression in Japanese cinema. The contributors take on a number of complex issues, including the suffering of the survivors (hibakusha), the fear of future holocausts and the danger of nuclear warfare. Exclusive interviews with Go Shibata and critically acclaimed directors Roger Spottiswoode (Hiroshima) and Steven Okazaki (White Light/Black Rain) are included.
Japan and North America: First contacts to the Pacific War
Author: Ellis S. Krauss
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415275156
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
This collection makes available key articles on the Japan-North American relationship from the Meiji era to the present. Volume one focuses on the necessity of Japanese modernization post-1868 and examines the build-up to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour. Volume two looks at the post-war period, in which US forces occupied Japan and were instrumental in its rebuilding as an economic superpower. In the years following this Japan and North America enjoyed a close yet occasionally fraught relationship, as competitors and allies. Volume two also examines the cultural ramifications of the influence of North America on Japan, and vice versa. Titles also available in this series include, Japan and South East Asia: International Relations (2001, 2 volumes, 295) and the forthcoming title Japanese Linguistics (2005, 3 volumes, c.425).
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415275156
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
This collection makes available key articles on the Japan-North American relationship from the Meiji era to the present. Volume one focuses on the necessity of Japanese modernization post-1868 and examines the build-up to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour. Volume two looks at the post-war period, in which US forces occupied Japan and were instrumental in its rebuilding as an economic superpower. In the years following this Japan and North America enjoyed a close yet occasionally fraught relationship, as competitors and allies. Volume two also examines the cultural ramifications of the influence of North America on Japan, and vice versa. Titles also available in this series include, Japan and South East Asia: International Relations (2001, 2 volumes, 295) and the forthcoming title Japanese Linguistics (2005, 3 volumes, c.425).