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John hersey’s hiroshima is one of the finest pieces of journalism of the twentieth century. Hersey relays their stories in a straightforward journalistic style. This is authoritative and he follows up on the subjects after 40 years span of time. This ... Read More
The first four chapters cover the two weeks immediately following the detonation. Each one of these few survivors tell their story in detail.
Hiroshima and nagasaki are the reasons the world has not used atomic weapons ever since. This book is probably the first fully articulated “no-nukes’ protest work, although it is presented as pure reportage (and it is) and never presents a lesson. un ... Read More
The book is no-one's idea of fun to read but its impact continues to be immense. It is absolutely brilliant in its simplicity and journalistic tone. This is extraordinary and should be read by everyone!
Cons
Amazon needs to stop these awful digital repros of small paperbacks. Publisher just scanned a real copy of the book as the quality of type is about as good as a * xerox. Misspelled words on every page.
This is a sham version that is not worth the money. I was fooled.
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The first four chapters cover the two weeks immediately following the detonation as the survivors deal with the injuries to the... Read More
In a world full of countries with the ability to inflict nuclear attacks i feel a kind of obligation to understand the conseque... Read More
This book presented the facts of the bombing of hiroshima with the first atomic weapon in history
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My recommendation is definitely buy the book just not the bn ripoff edition
Competitiveness
The book itself would earn a 5star review from me
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atomic, first, most, nuclear and original. - Our AI detects a high amount of irrelevant reviews for this listing. A number of the reviews included in this product may belong to other variations, editions or versions that may not be representative of the current product being sold.
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- This product had a total of 4,855 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 1 2023.
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Guess thats all they could do
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On august 6 1945 at 815 am an american plane dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima japan
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The bomb detonated above the city destroying most of the buildings and killing a hundred thousand people nearly half the citys population
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Their paths crossed multiple times
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The issue quickly sold out and the chapters were published as a book shortly after
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Most of them suffered longterm physical and mental effects from the experience
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The nuclear attacks on hiroshima and on nagasaki three days later undoubtedly led to japans surrender less than a month later
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But this book does not focus on the reasons for the bomb or whether its use was justified
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