Hiroshima The Origins Of Global Memory Culture Summary

In Hiroshima: The Origins of Global Memory Culture, by Ran Zwigenberg, he goes in depth on the devastating event that was took place in 1945. He explores the factors that led up to the bombing as well as the repercussions from that day and also the long lasting effects from that day. Ryan provides excellent resources and examples throughout the book which help his writing through powerful stories which truly paint the picture of someone who survived such a travesty. Zwigenberg takes the reader through the event as if one were to experiencing it first hand through his writing. This book should be taken on by both specialists and non-specialists, due to for the non-specialists can use the writings to better gain knowledge of a huge event in history. While even specialists can better expand their learning from the resource examples Zwigenberg provides as well as his in depth writings. This book is most certainly worth taking the

It was the first of two of the only nuclear weapons used in war, if that isn’t interesting to learn about every repercussions ranging from environmental all the way to social, then I don’t know what is. Following my reading of the text, my thinking wasn’t quite changed, more in the sense that my thinking was expanded vastly, I by no means consider myself an expert on the events of Hiroshima, but I felt I had a slight knowledge that Zwigenberg metaphorically took and blew out of the water with a vast learning. The work isn’t quite controversial due to how Hiroshima took place almost 75 years ago and most of the bad blood has since been cleared up, but 5there is still the chance that there is someone somewhere that will find reason to spark fire over the writing but that is just the world we live