In Japan, ""hibakusha"" means ""the people affected by the explosion""--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. He sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand--and be motivated to avoid--nuclear war. This compassionate treatment is a significant contribution to the atomic age.
About the AuthorRobert Jay Lifton is lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of
Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima and
The Nazi Doctors.
Book InformationISBN 9780807843444
Author Robert Jay LiftonFormat Paperback
Page Count 606
Imprint The University of North Carolina PressPublisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 926g