atomic bomb victims

Near the end of World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to try and bring and end to the war. This book looks at the effects of the bombings on the survivors in those cities and those that came to their aid.

An account of the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, from the viewpoint of the people who lived through it.

"Shares the true story of a young girl who survived the atomic bomb and chronicles her long journey to find peace."--Publisher.

"Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--Provided by publisher.

Rahna Reiko Rizzuto was collecting, what felt like to her, rehearsed interviews from atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima until the September 11th attacks, which made the interviewees open up more, but also made the author reflect on her own life.

"Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--Provided by the publisher.

Contains essays in which historians examine the bombing of Japan by the United States in 1945, surveying the literature on the event, considering the deliberations that led to the decision to use the atomic bomb, and looking at how people in both countries have remembered Hiroshima since World War II.

Tells the true story of six'year'old Sachiko Yasui's miraculous survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945 and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath.

August 5, 1942, began like any other day for six-year-old Sachiko. Her country was at war, she didn't have enough to eat. At 11:01 a.m., she was playing outdoors with four other children. Moments later, those children were all dead. An atomic bomb had exploded just half a mile away.

"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.