Review of Fujiwara & Marples (eds.), Hiroshima-75

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Hiroshima-75: Nuclear Issues in Global Contexts
by Aya Fujiwara, David R. Marples, eds.

ibidem Verlag, 2020. 307 pp.
(paper), ISBN 978-3-8382-1398-9

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Reviewed by Jonathan Runnels (Air University, Air War College)

In 2020, Aya Fujiwara and David R. Marples published Hiroshima-75, an edited collection commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of dropping the nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The aftermath of atomic warfare employed in World War II changed the balance of modern society and helped frame culture, medicine, and energy production. The book has five sections, each containing unique perspectives from several authors. It provides fresh perspectives on the atom through historical insights into technology, military power, civil industries, literature, film, and contemporary applications. This volume is not merely another book about the nuclear bomb; it is also designed for the reader to reflect on the implications of a wide range of related issues, offering broad and divergent understandings from credible international scholars. This book review examines the dichotomy of nuclear energy, highlights Japan