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When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new era in human history opened. This book presents an account of six men and women who struggled to cope with catastrophe and with often crippling disease.

Table of Contents
A noiseless flash; the fire; details are being investigated; panic grass and feverfew; the aftermath.

Hiroshima

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 28 February 2002
      ISBN-13 9780141184371
      978-0141184371
      ISBN-10 014118437X
      Also in:
      Non Fiction History Asian history General and world history Military History Modern warfare

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new era in human history opened. This book presents an account of six men and women who struggled to cope with catastrophe and with often crippling disease.

      Table of Contents
      A noiseless flash; the fire; details are being investigated; panic grass and feverfew; the aftermath.

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