Hiroshima Av John Hersey

<p>The explosion over Hiroshima of the first nuclear bomb reduced, in an instant, an entire city to rubble and killed over 100,000 men, women and children. It also announced a new era in human history: the Atomic Age. <br><br>Written only a year after the event, John Hersey''s <i>Hiroshima</i> was an immediate phenomenon. Originally published in the <i>New Yorker</i> magazine - the only single article to ever fill an entire edition - it quickly became a bestseller and established itself as the definitive account of the bombing. Hersey''s lucid prose and focus on eye-witness experience made plain the horror of nuclear weapons, clearly demonstrating the incredible danger this new technology posed to humanity. <br><br>This edition includes an additional chapter, written forty after <i>Hiroshima</i> was first published, exploring the devastating long-term effects of the bomb on survivors, as well as how a city can begin to rebuild after such a catastrophe.</p>