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I thought the 40-year update was an ill-considered addition and that the original was sufficient.
I spent all of the pages of that update wondering why the people of this earthquake-prone country decided building nuclear power plants was a good idea. Wasn't going through these horrors once enough? ...more
I spent all of the pages of that update wondering why the people of this earthquake-prone country decided building nuclear power plants was a good idea. Wasn't going through these horrors once enough? ...more
"It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians. The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result?"
Very soon after the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Hersey wrote this in-depth report about the experiences of six people who lived in Hiroshima during and imme ...more
Very soon after the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Hersey wrote this in-depth report about the experiences of six people who lived in Hiroshima during and imme ...more
A compelling historical piece of the Hiroshima bombing of '45 framed by taking a number of Hiroshima residents who underwent the horror and their lives in the aftermath of it all. In a way, this made it a little easier to read; the language was not dry and the personal interests due to the angles the author took made the telling very engaging. It just seem so unreal (to me) that any person could wrought such devastation to others... but it's true and whilst, some of these people would like to le
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