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The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections
In its diversity of perspectives, The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections is testament to the ways in which contemplations of the A-bomb are endlessly shifting, rarely fixed on the same point or perspective. The compilation of this book is significant in this regard, offering Japanese, American, Australian, and European perspectives. In doing so, the essays here represent a complex series of interpretations of the bombing of Hiroshima, and its implications both for history, and for the present day. From Kuznick’s extensive biographical account of the Hiroshima bomb pilot, Paul Tibbets, and contentious questions about the moral and strategic efficacy of dropping the A-bomb and how that has resonated through time, to Jacobs’ reflections on the different ways in which Hiroshima and its memorialization are experienced today, each chapter considers how this moment in time emerges, persistently, in public and cultural consciousness. The discussions here are often difficult, sometimes controversial, and at times oppositional, reflecting the characteristics of A-bomb scholarship more broadly. The aim is to explore the various ways in which Hiroshima is remembered, but also to consider the ongoing legacy and impact of atomic warfare, the reverberations of which remain powerfully felt.
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The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections
In its diversity of perspectives, The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections is testament to the ways in which contemplations of the A-bomb are endlessly shifting, rarely fixed on the same point or perspective. The compilation of this book is significant in this regard, offering Japanese, American, Australian, and European perspectives. In doing so, the essays here represent a complex series of interpretations of the bombing of Hiroshima, and its implications both for history, and for the present day. From Kuznick’s extensive biographical account of the Hiroshima bomb pilot, Paul Tibbets, and contentious questions about the moral and strategic efficacy of dropping the A-bomb and how that has resonated through time, to Jacobs’ reflections on the different ways in which Hiroshima and its memorialization are experienced today, each chapter considers how this moment in time emerges, persistently, in public and cultural consciousness. The discussions here are often difficult, sometimes controversial, and at times oppositional, reflecting the characteristics of A-bomb scholarship more broadly. The aim is to explore the various ways in which Hiroshima is remembered, but also to consider the ongoing legacy and impact of atomic warfare, the reverberations of which remain powerfully felt.
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In its diversity of perspectives, The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections is testament to the ways in which contemplations of the A-bomb are endlessly shifting, rarely fixed on the same point or perspective. The compilation of this book is significant in this regard, offering Japanese, American, Australian, and European perspectives. In doing so, the essays here represent a complex series of interpretations of the bombing of Hiroshima, and its implications both for history, and for the present day. From Kuznick’s extensive biographical account of the Hiroshima bomb pilot, Paul Tibbets, and contentious questions about the moral and strategic efficacy of dropping the A-bomb and how that has resonated through time, to Jacobs’ reflections on the different ways in which Hiroshima and its memorialization are experienced today, each chapter considers how this moment in time emerges, persistently, in public and cultural consciousness. The discussions here are often difficult, sometimes controversial, and at times oppositional, reflecting the characteristics of A-bomb scholarship more broadly. The aim is to explore the various ways in which Hiroshima is remembered, but also to consider the ongoing legacy and impact of atomic warfare, the reverberations of which remain powerfully felt.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781498550215
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 12/26/2017
Series: Swedish Easy Reader #02
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 248
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

David Lowe is chair in contemporary history at Deakin University.

Cassandra Atherton received a PhD in literary studies from the University of Melbourne.

Alyson Miller is lecturer in writing and literature at Deakin University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: An Unfinished Atomic Bomb, David Lowe, Cassandra Atherton, and Alyson Miller
Chapter 1: Defending the Indefensible: The Tragic Life of Hiroshima Pilot Paul Tibbets, Jr., Peter J. Kuznick
Chapter 2: Article 9 as Memorial, Carolyn Stevens
Chapter 3: Atomic Bomb Literature for Children: Tatsuharu Kodama’s The Lunch Box and Shin’s Tricycle, Alyson Miller
Chapter 4: Fading Lights: Digital Visualization and the Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Mick Broderick
Chapter 5: Two-Way Mirror: The Significance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the U.S.–North Korea Nuclear Crisis, Adam Broinowski
Chapter 6: Hibaku Jumoku, Nature, and Hiroshima’s Recovery after the A-Bomb, Glenn Moore
Chapter 7: “In the Shadow of the Cloud”: Hibakusha Poets as Public Intellectuals, Cassandra Atherton
Chapter 8: The Flowers of Hiroshima, Monica Braw
Chapter 9: The Manhattan Project Historical National Park, David Lowe
Chapter 10: Hi-Roshimon: What We See When We Look at Hiroshima, Robert Jacobs
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