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August 6th, 1945, 9.15 a.m. Six miles above Hiroshima, the bombardier of the Enola Gay releases an atomic bomb into the freezing skies. Seconds later, the city is obliterated in a single, monumental blast of fire. The destruction is immediate and catastrophic, as if a small sun had suddenly exploded. Tens of thousands of people are instantly annihilated. In that moment, the world will never be the same again.
Combining a rich array of interviews with gripping storytelling, Stephen Walker's Shockwave presents an extraordinary and unforgettably moving portrait of one of the defining events of the twentieth century.
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A devastating story grippingly told, Shockwave also succeeds in being a compelling portrayal of human beings at work. (Lloyds List)
Simply riveting. You live every breathless second of it. A terrific book (Michael Buerk)
Remarkable. I have been waiting for this book for sixty years (Gitta Sereny author of Albert Speer)
Riveting (Soldier)
Shockwave combines racy, colorful historical detail with profound human concern in a way that does justice to its weighty theme. A remarkable storytelling achievement (Frederick Taylor, author of Dresden)
'Somehow through the pages of this taut chronology the merest whisper of the enormity of it all comes through.' (Word Magazine)
'This is an utterly gripping work of micro-history' (Sunday Express)
Brilliant (Financial Times)
Tells you everything you want to know about Hiroshima (The Sunday Times)
'Walker is content to let the terrible story speak for itself ... offers a timely and harrowing reminder' (Scotland On Sunday)
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Simply riveting. You live every breathless second of it. A terrific book (Michael Buerk)
Remarkable. I have been waiting for this book for sixty years (Gitta Sereny author of Albert Speer)
Riveting (Soldier)
Shockwave combines racy, colorful historical detail with profound human concern in a way that does justice to its weighty theme. A remarkable storytelling achievement (Frederick Taylor, author of Dresden)
'Somehow through the pages of this taut chronology the merest whisper of the enormity of it all comes through.' (Word Magazine)
'This is an utterly gripping work of micro-history' (Sunday Express)
Brilliant (Financial Times)
Tells you everything you want to know about Hiroshima (The Sunday Times)
'Walker is content to let the terrible story speak for itself ... offers a timely and harrowing reminder' (Scotland On Sunday)
The countdown to Hiroshima and its horrific aftermath seen through the eyes of eyewitnesses
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- PublisherHodder And Stoughton Ltd.
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0719566266
- ISBN 13 9780719566264
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