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02765aam a2200313Mi 4500 001 0232DB889C8F11E981649E3E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190702010117 008 180827s2019 dk ab e b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9788776942748 020 $a 8776942740 035 $a (OCoLC)1049909313 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d XFF $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a JZ5584 J3 G86x 2019 100 1 $a Gunn, Geoffrey C. $e author. 245 14 $a The Nagasaki Peace discourse : $b city hall and the quest for a nuclear free world / $c Geoffrey C Dunn. 260 $a Copenhagen, $b NIAS Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xii, 141 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Asia Briefing 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-133) and index. 520 $a Some 20,000 or more people were killed instantly in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945; an additional 40,000 or more died from radiation and related illnesses in the coming days and weeks. Many others were exposed to radiation effects. Remembrance, the struggle for recognition on the part of the victims or hibakusha, and the even greater struggle waged by City Hall in Nagasaki to bring to world attention the threat of nuclear weapons, are at the heart of this book. This we term the Nagasaki peace discourse. Yet, other narratives vie with the âidealistâ view. âRealistsâ welcome the nuclear umbrella provided by the USâJapan Treaty system and have eagerly embraced civilian nuclear power under the âatoms-forpeaceâ slogan. On their part, Japanese nationalists perceive Japanâs âpeace constitutionâ as ripe for revision, looking ahead to a legal Self Defense Force and, for some, a ânormalâ and even a nuclear-armed Japan. In the light of the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 11 March 2011, however, City Hall in Nagasaki cannot ignore the risks of civilian nuclear power or the nationâs mounting stockpile of plutonium. With Nagasaki prefecture host to the second largest US naval base in Japan, as became apparent with the 2017â18 Korean missile crisis, neither can the city insulate itself from international politics. Seventy and more years on from the atomic bombings, Hiroshima and, in subtly different ways, Nagasaki, have a sombre message to convey. This is encapsulated in no better way than in the popular civil society slogan, âNo! More! Hibakusha!â 650 0 $a Atomic bomb victims $z Nagasaki-shi. $z Nagasaki-shi. 650 0 $a Peace movements $z Japan. 651 0 $a Nagasaki-shi (Japan) $x History $y Bombardment, 1945. 830 0 $a Asia Briefings (NiAS Press) 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190702014702.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0232DB889C8F11E981649E3E97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search