
“But as the document of record � read over years by millions around the world � graphically showing what nuclear warfare truly looks like, and what atomic bombs do to humans, “Hiroshima� has played a major role in preventing nuclear war since the end of World War II. In 1946, Hersey’s story was the first truly effective, internationally heeded warning about the existential threat that nuclear arms posed to civilisation. It has since helped motivate generations of activists and leaders to prevent nuclear war, which would likely end the brief human experiment on earth. We know what atomic apocalypse would look like because John Hersey showed us. Since the release of “Hiroshima,� no leader or party could threaten nuclear action without an absolute knowledge of the horrific results of such an attack.”
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Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
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