Fallout, the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world, Lesley M.M. Blume
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Fallout, the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world, Lesley M.M. Blume
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Fallout
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bibliography
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1124337450
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Lesley M.M. Blume
Sub title
the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world
Summary
"New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century-the true effects of the atom bomb-potentially saving millions of lives"--, Provided by publisherJust days after the United States decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. But the US government and military had begun a secret propaganda and information suppression campaign to hide the devastating nature of these experimental weapons. Occupation forces closed the atomic cities to Allied reporters, preventing leaks about the horrific long-term effects of radiation which would kill thousands during the months after the blast. For nearly a year the cover-up worked-- until New Yorker journalist John Hersey got into Hiroshima and managed to report the truth to the world. Blume shares this piece of hidden history, and shows how this knowledge has remained among the greatest deterrents to using nuclear weapons since the end of World War II. -- adapted from jacket
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- World War, 1939-1945 + Press coverage -- Japan
- Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi, (Hiroshima-shi, Japan :, 1945)
- Hersey, John, 1914-1993
- World War, 1939-1945 + Press coverage -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- United States
- World War, (1939-1945)
- 1900-1999
- Atomic bomb victims + Press coverage -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- United States
- Atomic bomb -- United States -- Public opinion
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Press coverage -- United States
- Journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Atomic bomb + Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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- World War, 1939-1945 + Press coverage -- Japan
- Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi, (Hiroshima-shi, Japan :, 1945)
- Hersey, John, 1914-1993
- World War, 1939-1945 + Press coverage -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- United States
- World War, (1939-1945)
- 1900-1999
- Atomic bomb victims + Press coverage -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- United States
- Atomic bomb -- United States -- Public opinion
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Press coverage -- United States
- Journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Atomic bomb + Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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