num_pages: 606
description: In Japan, "hibakusha" means "the people affected by the explosion--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. He sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand--and be motivated to avoid--nuclear war. This compassionate treatment is a significant contribution to the atomic age.
language: English
title: Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima
titlecomplete: Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima
genres: History, World War II, Japan, Psychology, Research, War, Japanese Literature, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, Anthropology
ratings_count: 51
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award
category: The Sciences
publisher: The University of North Carolina Press