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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Okuda, Sadako
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Japonés
Publicado: New York, NY : Algora Pub., ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 189 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780875865621
0875865623
1281793728
9781281793720
9786611793722
6611793720