Hiroshima Nagasaki Quotes

“Soil radiation had had no effect on black carpenter ants, black mountain ants, reticulated ants and others; they seemed to carry on regardless. So too did an array of water insects that returned to frolic in the tanks”
― Paul Ham, Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

“Having received great favors From His Majesty, the Emperor I have nothing to say to posterity In the hour of my death”
― Paul Ham, Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

“seething and boiling in a white fury of cream foam’; and finally, ‘a flower-like form, its giant petals curving downward, creamy white outside, rose-coloured inside’.”
― Paul Ham, Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

“in order to make a spectacular impression ‘on as many inhabitants as possible’.”
― Paul Ham, Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

“atomic bombs should be used: (1) as soon as possible; (2) without warning; and (3) on war plants surrounded by workers’ homes”
― Paul Ham, Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

“The story of mankind was a moral continuum in Truman’s mind,”
― Paul Ham, Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

“Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations – ‘When another blames or hates you, or when men say injurious things about you, approach their poor souls, penetrate within, and see what kind of men they are. You will discover that there is no reason to take trouble that these men have a good opinion of you…”
― Paul Ham, Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath