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Death in Life

Survivors of Hiroshima

Robert Jay Lifton

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 01/2012
Pages: 606
Subject: History | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807882894

DESCRIPTION

In Japan, "hibakusha" means "the people affected by the explosion--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. He sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand--and be motivated to avoid--nuclear war. This compassionate treatment is a significant contribution to the atomic age.