{"product_id":"children-of-the-atomic-bomb-an-american-physicians-memoir-of-nagasaki-hiroshima-and-the-marshall-islands-asiapacific-culture-politics-and-soc-9780822316589","title":"Children of the Atomic Bomb: An American Physicians Memoir of Nagasaki  Hiroshima  and the Marshall Islands (Asia-Pacific: Culture  Politics  and Soc)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite familiar images of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan and the controversy over its fiftieth anniversary  the human impact of those horrific events often seems lost to view. In this uncommon memoir  Dr. James N. Yamazaki tells us in personal and moving terms of the human toll of nuclear warfare and the specific vulnerability of children to the effects of these weapons. Giving voice to the brutal ironies of racial and cultural conflict  of war and sacrifice  his story creates an inspiring and humbling portrait of events whose lessons remain difficult and troubling fifty years later. Children of the Atomic Bomb is Dr. Yamazakis account of a lifelong effort to understand and document the impact of nuclear explosions on children  particularly the children conceived but not yet born at the time of the explosions. Assigned in 1949 as Physician-in-Charge of the United States Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Nagasaki  Yamazaki had served as a combat surgeon at the Battle of the Bulge where he had been captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Germans. In Japan he was confronted with violence of another dimensionthe devastating impact of a nuclear blast and the particularly insidious effects of radiation on children. Yamazakis story is also one of striking juxtapositions  an account of a Japanese-Americans encounter with racism  the story of a man who fought for his country while his parents were interned in a concentration camp in Arkansas. Once the object of discrimination at home  Yamazaki paradoxically found himself in Japan for the first time as an American  part of the Allied occupation forces  and again an outsider. This experience resonates through his work with the children of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and with the Marshallese people who bore the brunt of Americas postwar testing of nuclear weapons in the Pacific. Recalling a career that has spanned five decades  Dr. Yamazaki chronicles the discoveries that helped chart the dangers of nuclear radiation and presents powerful observations of both the medical and social effects of the bomb. He offers an indelible picture of human tragedy  a tale of unimaginable suffering  and a dedication to healing that is ultimately an unwavering  impassioned plea for peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67909370052661,"sku":"ByrdShop_0822316587","price":103.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780822316589.jpg?v=1793907761","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/children-of-the-atomic-bomb-an-american-physicians-memoir-of-nagasaki-hiroshima-and-the-marshall-islands-asiapacific-culture-politics-and-soc-9780822316589","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}