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Nagasaki
Craig Collie
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Description for Nagasaki
Paperback. This is the first book to piece together the story of the Japanese city pulverized by the greatest lethal force ever unleashed by man Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
The events of a few days in August 1945 brought WWII to an end. They also destroyed the city of Nagasaki and killed 80,000 of its inhabitants, half of them instantly. Craig Collie is the first person to interview elderly survivors and descendants of the victims, and to stitch together their recollections with contemporary diaries and letters, and details from official documents. The result is a unique, unprecedented work of narrative reconstruction that follows ordinary Japanese in the hours after the blast to provide a gripping account of the decision-making, the denials, the devastation and the loss.
The events of a few days in August 1945 brought WWII to an end. They also destroyed the city of Nagasaki and killed 80,000 of its inhabitants, half of them instantly. Craig Collie is the first person to interview elderly survivors and descendants of the victims, and to stitch together their recollections with contemporary diaries and letters, and details from official documents. The result is a unique, unprecedented work of narrative reconstruction that follows ordinary Japanese in the hours after the blast to provide a gripping account of the decision-making, the denials, the devastation and the loss.
Product Details
Publisher
Portobello Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846274428
SKU
V9781846274428
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Ref
99-2
About Craig Collie
CRAIG COLLIE is a TV documentary maker, and the author of several books about Australian history.
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