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Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the politics of memory

Technology review (1998), 1995-08, Vol.98 (6), p.48

Copyright Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association Aug 1995 ;ISSN: 1099-274X ;EISSN: 2837-4703 ;CODEN: TEREAU

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  • Title:
    Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the politics of memory
  • Author: Dower, John W
  • Subjects: Anniversaries ; Bombings ; Bombs ; Disputes ; Historians ; History ; Museum exhibits ; Museums ; Nuclear weapons ; Perceptions ; Politics ; World War II
  • Is Part Of: Technology review (1998), 1995-08, Vol.98 (6), p.48
  • Description: Fiftieth anniversaries of historical events breed controversy, and the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II has become especially contentious. The orthodox account argues that the war in Asia was a brutal struggle against fanatical, expansionist foe. This war was ended by the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saving enormous numbers of American lives that otherwise would have been sacrificed in the invasion of Japan that was deemed necessary to force a surrender. Generally neglected in this narrative is that the US was not on the brink of invading Japan in August 1945. Alternatives to using the bomb on civilian targets also became known after Japan's surrender. In Japan, popular memory of the atomic bombs tends to begin with what took place beneath the mushroom clouds of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • Publisher: Cambridge: Technology Review, Inc
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1099-274X
    EISSN: 2837-4703
    CODEN: TEREAU
  • Source: Freely Accessible Journals
    ProQuest Central
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