LibGuides: HS DP Lang &amp; Lit: Hiroshima

Author Study: John Hershey

Image source: JOHN HERSEY (1914-1993). - American novelist; photographed c1942.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

American University Radio: The Big Broadcast: John Hersey’s Hiroshima
Murray Horwitz talks with Lesley Blume, author of “FALLOUT: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World”, who gives added insight into the contemporary landscape and reaction to the original 1946 broadcast.

History: Manhattan project & dropping the bomb

The National WWII Museum: The Most Fearsome Sight

Present: Contemporary nuclear weapons issues (global)

Emotions: Trauma & PTSD

JSTOR: A REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF TRAUMATIC STRESS STUDIES IN JAPAN: From Traumatic Neurosis to PTSD

National Geographic: How PTSD went from ‘shell-shock’ to a recognized medical diagnosis

Religion: Foreign missionaries in Japan

JSTOR: Christianity in Postwar Japan
Smithsonian Magazine: The Untold Story of the Vengeful Japanese Attack After the Doolittle Raid
This has many first person accounts from Missionaries in Japan and "Free China"
Landmarks: Missionary POW's
Preaching Today: WWII Prisoner of War Converted, Becomes Missionary to Japan

Books from the Library

Fallout by Lesley M. M. Blume
Call Number: 940.54 BLU
ISBN: 9781982128517
Publication Date: 2020-08-04
". . . reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of the greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the twentieth century-the true effects of the atom bomb-potentially saving millions of lives"
Hiroshima's Shadow by Kai Bird; Lawrence Lifschultz; Joseph Rotblat (Preface by)
Call Number: 940.54 HIR
ISBN: 0963058738
Publication Date: 1997-07-01
Contains over forty essays discussing whether or not the United States was justified in dropping the atom bomb over Hiroshima at the end of World War II, and examining issues surrounding the controversial Enola Gay exhibit planned by the Smithsonian in 1995.
The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones
Call Number: F WYN
ISBN: 9780763669737
Publication Date: 2015-10-13
After his father dies, a son finds a diary of a Japanese soldier stranded on a small Pacific island in World War II, but he's confused as to why his father was reading it.
The Rising Sun by John Toland
Call Number: 940.53 TOL
ISBN: 0812968581
Publication Date: 2003-05-27
Discusses the roots of World War II and presents an historical account of various battles and events of the Pacific theater.

Style Study: New Journalism

Examples of New Journalism:

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Call Number: 364.15 CAP
ISBN: 0679745580
Publication Date: 1994-02-01
Recreates the slaying of the Clutter family of Kansas, and the capture, trial, and execution of their murderers.
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Call Number: F WOL
ISBN: 0374115346
Publication Date: 1987-11-01
Sherman McCoy, a young investment banker with a fourteen-room apartment in Manhattan becomes involved in a freak accident. Prosecutors, politicians, press, police, clergy, and assorted hustlers close in on him.
Dispatches by Michael Herr; Robert Stone (Introduction by)
Call Number: 959.704 HER
ISBN: 9780307270801
Publication Date: 2009-02-17
Details the first hand experiences of a war correspondent soldier during the Vietnam War, depicting the horrors of bodies, drug addictions, and mental breakdowns.

History: WWII and the Pacific front

Source: Battles in the Pacific during World War II. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

New Zealand History: War in the Pacific Timeline

Remembrance: Hiroshima memorials & contemporary Japanese perspectives

Source: Hiroshima Peace Memorial. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

U.S. Media reports from the day

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