In Resurrecting Nagasaki, Chad R. Diehl explores the genesis of narratives surrounding the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945, by following the individuals and groups who contributed to the shaping of Nagasaki City's postwar identity. Municipal officials, survivor-activist groups, the Catholic community, and American occupation officials all interpreted the destruction and reconstruction of the city from different, sometimes disparate perspectives. Diehl's analysis reveals how these atomic narratives shaped both the way Nagasaki rebuilt and the ways in which popular discourse on the atomic bombings framed the city's experience for decades.
| ISBN: | 9781501714962 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 2018 |
| Author: | Chad Diehl |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 234 pages |
| Series: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |
| Genres: |
Asian history Second World War Nuclear weapons |