Children of the Atomic Bomb - An American Physician's Memoir of Nagasaki, Hiroshima, and the Marshall Islands

"I praise Dr. Yamazaki for drawing international attention to the plight of children who are suffering as a direct result of atomic weapons. The nuclear weapons testing program in the Marshall Islands dramatically affected the health of the people, the environment, the economy, and the culture. I thank Dr. Yamazaki for helping to tell a story that most of the world has turned its back on for too long."--Wilfred I. Kendall, Ambassador to the United States of America, Republic of the Marshall Islands

List of contents

Foreword / John W. Dower vii

Acknowledgments xi

Prologue xv

1. Nagasaki 1

2. Born in America 12

3. Pearl Harbor's Impact 21

4. Love and War in 1944 30

5. Homecoming and the Bomb 42

6. To Japan at Last 51

7. Getting Organized 59

8. The Thunderbolt 69

9. Expanding Research 76

10. Through Guileless Eyes 86

11. Lobbying and Researching 94

12. Emerging Answers 104

13. The Genetic Puzzle 118

14. Farewell in Hiroshima 126

"The Peacemaker" 145

Appendix 147

Glossary 149

Notes 161

References 169

About the author

James N. Yamazaki and Louis B. Fleming

Product details

• Authors: Louis B Fleming, Louis B. Fleming, Louis N Fleming, James N. Yamazaki, Louis B. Fleming, James N Yamazaki, James N. Yamazaki
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.07.1995
• EAN: 9780822316589
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1658-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 244 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 467 g
• Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific, Culture, Politic; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politic
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, Mikronesien, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Geschichte der Medizin, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Atomwaffen, Moderne Kriegsführung, Australische und Pazifische Geschichte