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A Dimly Burning Wick: Memoir From The Ruins Of Hiroshima Honogurai Tōshin O Kesu Koto Naku. English by Sadako Okuda, Mia Nolting, Pamela Bea Wilson Vergun, Catherine Thomasson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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? The children of Hiroshima, Japan, were heading for school the morning of August 6 when the Enola Gay soared overhead and dropped the atomic bomb that exploded some 2,000 feet above the city, killing or destroying the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians. In the aftermath, Sadako Okuda searched for eight days for her young niece and nephew in the smoking ruins. In this agonizing diary she documents for the world the selfless compassion of the youngest victims. The children Okuda tried to save stunned her with their dignity and enduring will to help others and to hold their families together. She, and the children, generously insist on avoiding bitterness and blame. But as responsible citizens, we still have to face ourselves in the mirror.

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Author

Sadako Okuda, Mia Nolting, Pamela Bea Wilson Vergun, Catherine Thomasson

Publisher

Algora Publishing

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781281793720

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Military History, Humanities