A dimly burning wick : memoir from the ruins of Hiroshima /
As the United States debates launching another war in the Middle East, this passionate diary paired with a pondered discussion provides a reality check on how governments goad citizens into going to war and gives a forthright look at the hideous results for civilian casualties. Who bears the respons...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Japonés |
Publicado: |
New York, NY :
Algora Pub.,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | As the United States debates launching another war in the Middle East, this passionate diary paired with a pondered discussion provides a reality check on how governments goad citizens into going to war and gives a forthright look at the hideous results for civilian casualties. Who bears the responsibility for decisions made in a?democracy? when our leaders or the media exaggerate the threat and downplay the harm our actions will cause?. In this agonizing diary, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima relates the horror of searching through smoldering rubble for signs of her family. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 189 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780875865621 0875865623 1281793728 9781281793720 9786611793722 6611793720 |