Japanese women who underwent surgery in the U.S. to repair the ravages caused by the atomic blast became known as the "Hiroshima maidens". The author documents

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear war

The little-known history of U.S. survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings reveals captivating trans-Pacific memories of war, illness, gender, and