Book Details

Title:

The Bombing of Hiroshima: August 6, 1945

Categories:

Juvenile Literature, History and Social Sciences

Languages:

English

Description:

This book explains the devastation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a historical perspective and describes how citizens' attitudes changed to an attitude conducive to preventing similar suffering in the future. This is one of the Great Disasters: Reforms and Ramification series, which examine disasters, natural and human made. 天災と人災による災害を検証する『大災害: 救済とその結末』シリーズの1冊。広島と長崎へ原爆を投下するに至った歴史をたどり、三度と同じ過ちを繰り返させないという市民の意識の変化を指摘している。