George Weller (1) (1907–2002)
Autor von First Into Nagasaki: The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War
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First Into Nagasaki: The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War (2006) — Autor — 246 Exemplare
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- WELLER, George
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- 1907-07-13
- Todestag
- 2002-12-19
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- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Harvard College (BA ∙ 1929)
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- Pulitzer Prize (Reporting ∙ 1943)
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Uneven but interesting account of the days following the Nagasaki nuclear attack. The part about the American prisoners in the Philippines is actually better.
Fantastic read. Makes one wonder (in case you don't know) who General McArthur was looking out for.
Interviews with POW's was tough to read. So many people -so much pain and suffering.
Should be required reading in place of some of the Pablum students have to read.
Well written under duress.
Interviews with POW's was tough to read. So many people -so much pain and suffering.
Should be required reading in place of some of the Pablum students have to read.
Well written under duress.
This is a book about military censorship. MacArthur and the US government did not want any reportage of any lingering or long-term radiation affects of the bomb. That is why Weller's dispatches were suppressed. Interestingly, Hiroshima was much more destructive because its topography was flat, whereas Nagasaki's was much more hilly. But Nagasaki reportage was just 20% or so of the book. Most of the book was about his reports of the Japanese POW camps, and the atrocities done there. I was most impressed by the quality of his dispatches: the facts and just the facts. There is relative little spin. Very, very different from the reporting done by "embedded" reporters during the Iraq War. Here is an example of "objective" reporting, that I miss from any journalist in any media today. Raw history. Recommended.… (mehr)
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