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Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
Michihiko Hachiya
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Paperback. This is the diary of the late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya who was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record his story daily. Editor(s): Wells, Warner. Translator(s): Wells, Warner. Num Pages: 350 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BG; HBJF; HBWQ; JWMN; MMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. His compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was a surgical consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and who became a friend of Dr. Hachiya. In a new foreword, John ... Read more
The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. His compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was a surgical consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and who became a friend of Dr. Hachiya. In a new foreword, John ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807845479
SKU
V9780807845479
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