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On a quiet Monday morning in August 1945, a five-ton bomb - dubbed ''Little Boy'' by its creators - was dropped onto the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A firestorm was unleashed on the vibrant metropolis of 300,000 people, leaving one third of its population dead and its buildings and landmarks incinerated. This attack ended World War II in the Pacific, but also launched the Atomic Age, spawning decades of paranoia, mistrust, and the very real fear of global annihilation. In this riveting New York Times bestseller, writer and filmmaker Stephen Walker brilliantly re-creates the three weeks leading up to Hiroshima. From the first successful test in the New Mexico desert to the cataclysm and its aftermath, Walker presents the story as seen through the eyes of pilots, scientists, politicians and civilian victims. It is a remarkable portrait of what may be the single most important event of the 20th Century - a shockwave whose repercussions can be felt to this very day. Stephen Walker read history at Oxford and holds a graduate degree from Harvard in the history of science. He currently makes films for the BBC and writes feature articles for the Sunday Times. ''Electrifying ... The tension and concentration of Walker''s thriller-like prose elicits a visceral response, but he also raises complicated and urgent questions about our continued harboring and development of nuclear weapons.'' - Chicago Tribune
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Stephen Walker is an independent civil and commercial mediator. He has conducted over 750 mediations. He is ranked in the top 40 UK mediators by both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and WWL and is on the International Mediation Institute's (IMI) panel of accredited international mediators.
He became an accredited specialist online mediator in 2015 and has done over 150 online mediations. He also undertook specialised training in family and workplace mediation and is dual certified in the USA through INADR.
Stephen is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Royal Society of Arts as well as a visiting lecturer in mediation at Kings College London. He is regularly asked to give workshops, talks and presentations on mediation.
Stephen is the author of five mediation books published by Bloomsbury Professional Mediation Advocacy: Representing Clients in Mediation (2nd Ed); Setting Up in Business as a Mediator (2nd Ed); FAQs for Mediators; Mediation: An A-Z Guide; and Mediation Behaviour: Why We Act Like We Do.
For further information please visit www.swalkermediation.com
