John Hersey
"Hiroshima" by John Hersey
A landmark 1946 article by John Hersey published in The New Yorker detailing the aftermath of the atomic bomb
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willFirst to rec“This article is a detailed and harrowing account of an atomic bomb being detonated in Hiroshima. The article is from The New Yorker and was published ~80 years ago, just 1 year after the events. I read it first about a decade ago and if you havent read it, its worth sitting with for a while!”
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Lanh“I also recommend Bombshell on PBS for a retrospective look at how the US government covered up the long term impacts of bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are a few segments that talk about the censorship of Hershey’s article, as well as the coverage by Japanese and Japanese American journalists.”
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Caitlin“Originally published as a single issue of the New Yorker in 1946, this short book tells the story of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of six survivors. A must-read.”
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