{"product_id":"hiroshima-nagasaki-the-real-story-of-the-atomic-bombings-and-their-aftermath","title":"Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath","description":"In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War. More than 100,000 people were killed instantly by the atomic bombs, mostly women, children, and the elderly. Many hundreds of thousands more succumbed to their horrific injuries later, or slowly perished of radiation-related sickness.\nYet American leaders claimed the bombs were \"our least abhorrent choice\"―and still today most people believe they ended the Pacific War and saved millions of American and Japanese lives. In this gripping narrative, Ham demonstrates convincingly that misunderstandings and nationalist fury on both sides led to the use of the bombs. Ham also gives powerful witness to its destruction through the eyes of eighty survivors, from twelve-year-olds forced to work in war factories to wives and children who faced the holocaust alone.\nHiroshima Nagasaki presents the grisly unadorned truth about the bombings, blurred for so long by postwar propaganda, and transforms our understanding of one of the defining events of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250047110\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGU900EOYA_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ham, Paul\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41455564193850,"sku":"4EKGU900EOYA_ns","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1250047110-0.jpg?v=1781061258","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/hiroshima-nagasaki-the-real-story-of-the-atomic-bombings-and-their-aftermath","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}