hiroshima-shi

Alternating between American and Japanese perspectives, this tells the story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II.

"Yuriko is happy growing up in Hiroshima when it's just her and Papa. But her aunt Kimiko and her cousin Genji are living with them now, and the family is only getting bigger with talk of a double marriage! And while things are changing at home, the world beyond their doors is even more unpredictable. World War II is coming to an end, and Japan's fate is not entirely clear, with any battle losses being hidden from its people. Yuriko is used to the sirens and air raid drills, but things start to feel more real when the neighbors who have left to fight stop coming home. When the atomic bomb hits Hiroshima, it's through Yuriko's twelve-year-old eyes that we witness the devastation and horror"--Dust jacket.

Account of the catastrophic event that heralded the coming of the atomic age.

"In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War"--Back cover.

A biography of Hideko Tamura Snider, discussing her life before, during, and after the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

Describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast.