Were We the Enemy? American Survivors of Hiroshima - American Survivors of Hiroshima

Four thousand children of Japanese US immigrants were caught in the Hiroshima bombing, having been sent back to Japan to be educated. This book commemorates the 3000 who were killed, and documents the plight of the 1000 survivors who returned to the West Coast of the United States after the war.

Table des matières

* Introduction * From Hiroshima, Back to Hiroshima * Deathand Lifein the Desert * HiroshimaThe Target City * Heading toward the Ruined City * Nisei Coming, Nisei Going Home * Strangers in Their Own Homeland * Pieces of the Jigsaw Puzzle * The Death of the Presidents Patient * The Hibakusha Begin to Organize * Hibakusha Discovered * These People Were Our Enemies * In Search of Hibakusha * The Many Shades of the Hibakusha Experience * Ups and Downs * A Medical Team Comes and Goes * Washington Comes to Los Angeles * We Are All Hibakusha * Epilogue: Fifty Years after the Bomb

A propos de l'auteur

Rinjiro Sodei

Résumé

Four thousand children of Japanese US immigrants were caught in the Hiroshima bombing, having been sent back to Japan to be educated. This book commemorates the 3000 who were killed, and documents the plight of the 1000 survivors who returned to the West Coast of the United States after the war.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sodei Rinjiro, Rinjiro Sodei, Sodei Rinjiro
• Collaboration: Junkerman John (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367096489
• ISBN: 978-0-367-09648-9
• Pages: 208
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Politics and government