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Hiroshima Nagasaki (Paperback)
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Hiroshima Nagasaki (Paperback)

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Paperback 720 Pages / Published: 18/07/2013
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Japan 1945. In one of the defining moments of the twentieth century, more than 100,000 people were killed instantly by two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US Air Force B29s. Hundreds of thousands more succumbed to their horrific injuries, or slowly perished of radiation-related sickness. Hiroshima Nagasaki tells the story of the tragedy through the eyes of the survivors, from the twelve-year-olds forced to work in war factories to the wives and children who faced it alone. Through their harrowing personal testimonies, we are reminded that these were ordinary people, given no warning and no chance to escape the horror. American leaders claimed that the bombings were 'our least abhorrent choice' and fell strictly on 'military targets'. Even today, most people believe they ended the Pacific War and saved millions of American and Japanese lives. Hiroshima Nagasaki challenges this deep-set perception, revealing that the atomic bombings were the final crippling blow to the Japanese in a stratgic air war waged primarily against civilians.

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780552778503
Number of pages: 720
Weight: 535 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 44 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS
"[A] vivid, comprehensive and quietly furious account...Paul Ham brings new tools to the job, unearthing fresh evidence of a deeply disturbing sort. He has a magpie eye for the telling detail" -- Ben Macintyre * The Times *
"We are in Paul Ham's debt for showing that it is unjustifiable to consider ever again dropping an atomic bomb...Comprehensive and horrifying" -- Jonathan Mirsky * Literary Review *
"Provocative and challenging, Paul Ham's book strips away the cosy myth that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the Second World War...A voice that is both vigorous and passionate" -- Christopher Sylvester * Daily Express *
"Controversial...Gives an eye-witness picture that leaves Dante's Inferno looking pale...Well documented and stringently argued" -- Peter Lewis * Daily Mail *
"With more detail than the average text book yet written in a way that pulls you in ... this is essential for anyone remotely interested in our history" * Sydney Sunday Telegraph *

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“the ultimate account”

It has often been debated whether the drop of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been necessary to force Japan’s surrender. Experts argue vehemently on this. I am far from being an expert, especially on... More

Hardback edition
13th February 2013
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“Just desserts.”

I am currently reading the hardback edition of this book. After what Allied P.O.W's and local subjugated people's were put through little sympathy should be given. Especially as the nationalist element still... More

Paperback edition
10th July 2014
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