by John Hersey
On August 6, 1945, the world entered the atomic age when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This event has forever changed the nature of the world, of humanity and the way in which wars may be waged. Humanity's capacity to destroy itself was made real on that day.
The book Hiroshima is a non-fictitious account of the lives of six of the survivors of the blast on that August day. Just as the world was forever changed, the lives of these six people were also fundamentally altered.
The following are helpful sites that may add to your study of this book.
Historical
Documents
Primary Sources
Great
Links and Info
Survivor of Both
Bombs
US Citizens Exposed to Radiation at Home
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Citizens Exposed to Radiation
Manzanar
Relocation/Concentration Camp
(a pictorial tour after 56 years)
Survivors awarded Nobel Peace Prize
NPR Obama visits Hiroshima NPR 2
Research Paper & Debate
Resolve: Was the United States justified in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945?
Examine this topic and write a research paper. Follow the MLA style as adopted by this school.
The Hiroshima dome is a reminder to the world of the devastating power that atomic weapons possess.
Car engine melted by bomb.
Washers melted by bomb.