Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima

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Univ of North Carolina Press, 1991 - History - 594 pages
In Japan, "hibakusha" means "the people affected by the explosion--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. He sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand--and be motivated to avoid--nuclear war. This compassionate treatment is a significant contribution to the atomic age.

 

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Contents

Hiroshima
13
The Atomic Bomb Experience
15
Invisible Contamination
57
ABomb Disease
103
ABomb Man
165
Atomic Bomb Leaders
209
Residual Struggles Trust Peace and Mastery
253
Perceiving America
317
Creative Response 1 ABomb Literature
397
Creative Response 2 Artistic Dilemmas
451
The Survivor
479
Appendix
543
Notes
557
Index
577
List of Survivors Quoted
593
Copyright

Formulation Self and World
367

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About the author (1991)

A distinguished professor of psychology & psychiatry at John Jay College & the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Robert Jay Lifton is the author of many important works, including "The Nazis Doctors," winner of the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize, & "Death in Life," winner of a National Book Award.

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