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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Japan
- ISBN
- 9780307342010
- Book Title
- First into Nagasaki : The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II
- Item Weight
- 20.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0307342018
ISBN-13
9780307342010
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52182635
Product Key Features
Book Title
First into Nagasaki : The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-011345
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
" This is an important book-- important and gripping. For the first time in print we can read the details of the nuclear bombardment of Nagasaki, Japan, as written by the first American reporter on the terrible scene. . . [George Weller' s] reports, so long delayed but now salvaged by his son, at last have saved our history from the military censorship that would have preferred to have time to sanitize the ghastly details . . . Also delayed by MacArthur's censorship were Weller's dispatches from his visits to American prison camps [w]here he uncovered the Japanese military's savage treatment of their American prisoners . . . There is so much in this volume that we never knew or have long forgotten. This volume of the last generation's history is an important reminder, a warning to inspire civilian vigilance." -- Walter Cronkite, from the Foreword " Unearthed at last after six decades, George Weller's daring reportage from the ruins of Nagasaki has made an unforgettable and momentous book. From the remains of a scorched, fractured city to the unfathomable tragedy of Allied POWs in Japanese custody, he channeled his five senses straight to the page, giving eloquent testimony to the martyrs, American and Japanese alike, who were trapped in the Pacific war's bloody fun-house." -- James D. Hornfischer, author of Ship of Ghosts and The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, "This is an important book--important and gripping. For the first time in print we can read the details of the nuclear bombardment of Nagasaki, Japan, as written by the first American reporter on the terrible scene. . . ÝGeorge Weller's¨ reports, so long delayed but now salvaged by his son, at last have saved our history from the military censorship that would have preferred to have time to sanitize the ghastly details . . . Also delayed by MacArthur's censorship were Weller's dispatches from his visits to American prison camps Ýw¨here he uncovered the Japanese military's savage treatment of their American prisoners . . . There is so much in this volume that we never knew or have long forgotten. This volume of the last generation's history is an important reminder, a warning to inspire civilian vigilance." --Walter Cronkite, from the Foreword "Unearthed at last after six decades, George Weller's daring reportage from the ruins of Nagasaki has made an unforgettable and momentous book. From the remains of a scorched, fractured city to the unfathomable tragedy of Allied POWs in Japanese custody, he channeled his five senses straight to the page, giving eloquent testimony to the martyrs, American and Japanese alike, who were trapped in the Pacific war's bloody fun-house." --James D. Hornfischer, author of Ship of Ghosts and The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, "This is an important book-important and gripping. For the first time in print we can read the details of the nuclear bombardment of Nagasaki, Japan, as written by the first American reporter on the terrible scene. . . [George Weller's] reports, so long delayed but now salvaged by his son, at last have saved our history from the military censorship that would have preferred to have time to sanitize the ghastly details . . . Also delayed by MacArthur's censorship were Weller's dispatches from his visits to American prison camps [w]here he uncovered the Japanese military's savage treatment of their American prisoners . . . There is so much in this volume that we never knew or have long forgotten. This volume of the last generation's history is an important reminder, a warning to inspire civilian vigilance." -Walter Cronkite, from the Foreword "Unearthed at last after six decades, George Weller's daring reportage from the ruins of Nagasaki has made an unforgettable and momentous book. From the remains of a scorched, fractured city to the unfathomable tragedy of Allied POWs in Japanese custody, he channeled his five senses straight to the page, giving eloquent testimony to the martyrs, American and Japanese alike, who were trapped in the Pacific war's bloody fun-house." -James D. Hornfischer, author ofShip of GhostsandThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors From the Hardcover edition., "This is an important book-important and gripping. For the first time in print we can read the details of the nuclear bombardment of Nagasaki, Japan, as written by the first American reporter on the terrible scene. . . [George Weller's] reports, so long delayed but now salvaged by his son, at last have saved our history from the military censorship that would have preferred to have time to sanitize the ghastly details . . . Also delayed by MacArthur's censorship were Weller's dispatches from his visits to American prison camps [w]here he uncovered the Japanese military's savage treatment of their American prisoners . . . There is so much in this volume that we never knew or have long forgotten. This volume of the last generation's history is an important reminder, a warning to inspire civilian vigilance." -Walter Cronkite, from the Foreword "Unearthed at last after six decades, George Weller's daring reportage from the ruins of Nagasaki has made an unforgettable and momentous book. From the remains of a scorched, fractured city to the unfathomable tragedy of Allied POWs in Japanese custody, he channeled his five senses straight to the page, giving eloquent testimony to the martyrs, American and Japanese alike, who were trapped in the Pacific war's bloody fun-house." -James D. Hornfischer, author ofShip of GhostsandThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
Dewey Decimal
940.54/252244
Synopsis
Censored in 1945 and lost for 60 years, First Into Nagasaki includes Pulitzer Prize winner George Weller's legendary dispatches from post-atomic bomb Nagasaki and other never-published reports from Japan's POW camps., George Weller was a Pulitzer Prize- winning reporter who covered World War II across Europe, Africa, and Asia. At the war's end in September 1945, under General MacArthur's media blackout, correspondents were forbidden to enter both Nagasaki and Hiroshima. But instead of obediently staying with the press corps in northern Japan, Weller broke away. The intrepid newspaperman reached Nagasaki just weeks after the atomic bomb hit the city. Boldly presenting himself as a U.S. colonel to the Japanese military, Weller set out to explore the devastation. As Nagasaki's first outside observer, long before any American medical aid arrived, Weller witnessed the bomb's effects and wrote " the anatomy of radiated man." He interviewed doctors trying to cure those dying mysteriously from " Disease X." He typed far into every night, sending his forbidden dispatches back to MacArthur's censors, assuming their importance would make them unstoppable. He was wrong: the U.S. government censored every word, and the dispatches vanished from history. Weller also became the first to enter the nearby Allied POW camps. From hundreds of prisoners he gathered accounts of watching the atomic explosions bring an end to years of torture and merciless labor in Japanese mines. Their dramatic testimonies sum up one of the least-known chapters of the war-- but those stories, too, were silenced. It is a powerful experience, more than 60 years later, to walk with Weller through the smoldering ruins of Nagasaki, or hear the sagas of prisoners who have just learned that their torment is over, and watch one of the era's most battle-experiencedreporters trying to accurately and unsentimentally convey to the American people scenes unlike anything he-- or anyone else-- knew. Weller died in 2002, believing it all lost forever. Months later, his son found a fragile copy in a crate of moldy papers. This historic body of work has never been published. Along with reports from the brutal POW camps, a stirring saga of the worst of the Japanese " hellships" which carried U.S. prisoners into murder and even cannibalism, and a trove of Weller's unseen photos, First into Nagasaki provides a moving, unparalleled look at the bomb that killed more than 70,000 people and ended WWII. Amid current disputes over the controlled embedding of journalists in war zones and a government's right to keep secrets, it reminds us how such courageous rogue reporting is still essential to learning the truth.
LC Classification Number
D767.25.N3W45 2006
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- 9***6 (16)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI’m was very pleased with the communication and care that the seller provided with the packaging. The vintage LIFE magazine was exactly as described. For the price, it was perfect. The shipping was good also. The seller made sure to package the magazine well so that it did t get damaged and communication was fantastic. Like I said I’m very pleased. 👍🏻Vintage April 21, 1961 LIFE Magazine - Gagarin Greets Kruschchev (#305766143330)
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