post mortem survey (1 Ergebnisse)

Two folding colour maps at rear, profuse black and white photographic illustrations, v + 46pp. 26 x 20cm. Extremities and original blue stapled wrappers trifle shelf worn with a few leaves little chipped at edges, though still overall in very good condition. A fascinating and illuminating survey of the damage wrought by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, compiled by American authorities following Japan's surrender. An almost serene level of cold detachment typifies the report's language, and despite being punctuated by examples of tragic and desperately human imagery and experiences, their accompanying captions and highly detailed retellings of events are mechanical to the point of being sublimely inhuman. A deeply valuable resource for students of atomic warfare and the post-atomic age.