Were we the enemy? : American survivors of Hiroshima
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Were we the enemy? : American survivors of Hiroshima
(Transitions : Asia and Asian America)
Westview Press, 1998
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Watakushitachi wa teki datta no ka
私たちは敵だったのか : 在米ヒバクシャの黙示録
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  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
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  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  France
  Belgium
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  United States of America
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Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780813329604
Description
This extraordinary book commemorates the 3,000 Nisei (Japanese Americans) who died from the atomic blast in Hiroshima and documents the plight of another 1,000 hibakusha (survivors of the bomb) who returned to the West Coast after the war. Branded as foreigners in wartime Japan and as enemies in postwar United States, their pleas for medical help and political assistance have been ignored by both governments. Through this moving and enriching saga, Rinjiro Sodei makes the reader feel the power of individuals, who, against sociopolitical odds, have struggled to obtain their rights and sustain their bicultural identity. }In August 1945, the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What is hardly known is that 4,000 Nisei (Japanese Americans), the sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants who had been sent back to Japan to be educated before World War II erupted, were caught in the Hiroshima bombing. This extraordinary book commemorates the 3,000 Nisei who died from the atomic blast in Hiroshima and documents the plight of another 1,000 hibakusha (survivors of the bomb) who returned to the West Coast after the war.Branded as foreigners in wartime Japan and as enemies in postwar United States, their existence as victims of the atomic blast has not been recognized by either the Japanese or the U.
S. government, both of which have refused to alleviate the medical and political problems of the survivors. Drawing on primary sources and rich interview data, Rinjiro Sodei has contributed an original scholarly work to the literature on World War II and the Asian-American experience. This book bears witness to the human calamities of the nuclear age and to the dignity of these Japanese Americans striving to obtain their rights and sustain their bicultural identity. }
Table of Contents
Introduction From Hiroshima, Back to Hiroshima Deathand Lifein the Desert HiroshimaThe Target City Heading toward the Ruined City Nisei Coming, Nisei Going Home Strangers in Their Own Homeland Pieces of the Jigsaw Puzzle The Death of the Presidents Patient The Hibakusha Begin to Organize Hibakusha Discovered These People Were Our Enemies In Search of Hibakusha The Many Shades of the Hibakusha Experience Ups and Downs A Medical Team Comes and Goes Washington Comes to Los Angeles We Are All Hibakusha Epilogue: Fifty Years after the Bomb
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: pbk ISBN 9780813337500
Description
In August 1945, the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What is hardly known is that 4,000 Nisei (Japanese Americans), the sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants who had been sent back to Japan to be educated before World War II erupted, were caught in the Hiroshima bombing. This extraordinary book commemorates the 3,000 Nisei who died from the atomic blast in Hiroshima and documents the plight of another 1,000 hibakusha (survivors of the bomb) who returned to the West Coast after the war.Branded as ?foreigners? in wartime Japan and as ?enemies? in postwar United States, their existence as victims of the atomic blast has not been recognized by either the Japanese or the U.S. government, both of which have refused to alleviate the medical and political problems of the survivors. Drawing on primary sources and rich interview data, Rinjiro Sodei has contributed an original scholarly work to the literature on World War II and the Asian-American experience. This book bears witness to the human calamities of the nuclear age and to the dignity of these Japanese Americans striving to obtain their rights and sustain their bicultural identity.
Table of Contents
* Introduction * From Hiroshima, Back to Hiroshima * Deathand Lifein the Desert * HiroshimaThe Target City * Heading toward the Ruined City * Nisei Coming, Nisei Going Home * Strangers in Their Own Homeland * Pieces of the Jigsaw Puzzle * The Death of the Presidents Patient * The Hibakusha Begin to Organize * Hibakusha Discovered * These People Were Our Enemies * In Search of Hibakusha * The Many Shades of the Hibakusha Experience * Ups and Downs * A Medical Team Comes and Goes * Washington Comes to Los Angeles * We Are All Hibakusha * Epilogue: Fifty Years after the Bomb
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