Hiroshima

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Summary: Revisionist Propaganda
Review: This book is meant to make Americans feel guilty. They should not. Dropping the bomb saved an estimated 4 million allied soldiers. Read it if you want to see things from a Japanese point of view. Then please read any book about the Pacific campaign written by an American. Your feelings of compassion for the Japanese people will quickly disappear.

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Summary: Classic eyewitness account of the bombing of Hiroshima
Review: John Hersey's classic account of six bomb survivors begins with what they were doing when the bomb went off, and continues through the minutes, days, weeks, and months after the first A-bomb use. He writes well, journalistically. This is vivid but not overly disgusting. He understands the Japanese people and this compassion gives his biographies weight. A fast, but disturbing read. Middle School and up.

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Summary: An Argument for Peace
Review: It is difficult for any one who didn't live through the time to comprehend the state of the world during the Second World War. And even if you were alive, it is impossible to relate to the pain and suffering that residents of Hiroshima faced during and after their city was bombed. John Hersey's journalistic account takes us into the lives of 6 people who were unlucky enough to have been there. The writing is graphic, depressing, and unflinchingly honest. It will leave you stunned. And, hopefully, it will leave you wanting to do your bit to make sure nothing like it never happens again.

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Summary: It's all right
Review: It wasn't as depressing as I thought it would be. It started slow, but after that it was O.K. so I would recommend it for people that liked the time period it was in.

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Summary: Hiroshima
Review: What I liked about the book was how it wasn't all bloody. What I didn't like was how it would go to one person and then go to another person then come back to the first person. I would recommend this book to poeple who like to jump around in books.

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Summary: Hiroshima not as depressing as I thought.
Review: I thought that this book was hard to follow in a few areas, but that it altogether was good. It wasn't as depressing as I thought it would be.

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Summary: Hiroshima
Review: This book is an interesting history book. It takes place when United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It gives a real life story of what happened to the civilians living, and dying in Hiroshima, and tells of their point of view of the war. This is an excellent book for everyone to read. It takes you back to when one step, one movement, one thought, meant life or death to those who lived through the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.

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Summary: My Review
Review: Hiroshima, by John Hershey, is a great reading experience. The tales of the six survivors of the A-Bomb weave an interesting and thrilling story of what nuclear warfare is like. The discriptions in the book are vivid and thought provoking, giving a graphic, yet accurate depiction of the bombing. I believed the book was an interesting aproach to the horrors of WWII.

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Summary: Hiroshima...
Review: I recommend Hiroshima to anyone who likes history and drama. Its an emotional, realistic account of six survivors of the Aotmic bomb, and its effect on their lives. It takes the in depth journey into that day and lets americans feel its true tragedy.

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Summary: Worth Reading
Review: Hiroshima, a city in Japan was bombed by the United States in 1945 killing about 100,000 people and leaving many lives and homes damaged. The author of this book John Hersey wrote this book on the bombing of Hiroshima and six people who survived this horrible event. These six people are Miss Toshinki Sasaki, Dr. Masakazu Fujii, Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, Wilhelm Kleinsorge, Dr. Terufumi Sasaki, and the Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto. These people had to endure much pain by the loss of many people they knew and the destruction of their city. I really liked the book; it had a big impact on me by realizing that these things can happen and did. Some of the quotes that the people have said were bone chilling about the sounds they heard and the people yelling for help and struggling to survive. The United States was wrong for dropping the bomb because it killed many residents of Hiroshima. If a bomb was drooped on your city, what would you do? In this book it tells you what those six people did and what they did to survive and help others. If a bomb hit my city or town i dont know what I will do or have the courage some of the people did. I dont no if I could survive the terror it will bring. The book probably brought back memories to those six people which were probably sick and sad. The book was great and will be one of my favorites. This book will have a long lasting impact on me and would probably have an impact on you too.