Hiroshima, Nagasaki

the real story of the atomic bombings and their aftermath

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.

629 pages

English language

Published June 1, 2014

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ISBN:
978-1-250-04711-3
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OCLC Number:
857982181

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Subjects
  • Atomic bomb victims
  • Moral and ethical aspects
  • Government policy
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Atomic bomb
  • History

Places

  • United States
  • Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
  • Nagasaki-shi
  • Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
  • Japan
  • Hiroshima-shi

Reviews

I read this after an ethics class asked if the bombing of Hiroshima was consistent with a just war ethic. I think by the end, I was struck by how much even 60 years later, we (Americans) are fed propaganda about the reasoning behind the bombing of Hiroshima. This book is filled to the brim with primary sourcing, so I really don't feel like Ham was trying to just feed propaganda the other direction, but rather carefully built his case.