Enola Gay

Registered by waternixie of Everett, Washington USA on 3/25/2012
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Journal Entry 1 by waternixie from Everett, Washington USA on Sunday, March 25, 2012
I've had this around for a long time and think I'll actually try to read it, or at least look at the pictures.

Journal Entry 2 by BooksandMusic at Seattle, Washington USA on Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Slated to be read this month. I am offering it in the ABC VBB.

Journal Entry 3 by BooksandMusic at Seattle, Washington USA on Thursday, November 17, 2016
A well balanced and interesting book about the creation of the atomic bomb and the use of it on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There is a lot of information about the secrecy surrounding the creation of the bombs and the training of the pilots, the thoughts and actions of the people involved, and a look at what was going on in Japan as well. It is history but well written and full of enough human interest and anecdotes that it reads more like a novel.
The problem for me was that I wasn't going to get to the end of the book without reading about dropping the bomb. I kept going slower and slower as the time approached. I finally forced myself to finish it, but it was so painful.
The United States killed 100,000 people in one night of firebombing Tokyo. We killed approx 80,000 in the first eye blink of the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima and many died after that. In fact the bomb exploded directly over Shima Hospital instantly vaporizing the people in it. I think something like 40,000 + died in Nagasaki. And there was not much of an expression of doubt or regret at the time, just a lot of hurrah and positive media blitz. It did end the war, so that is understandable to some extent.
The book presents the other side as well of course, you know like how many people would have died on both sides had we not used the bomb and the war continued, that sort of thing. I'm not making a case for either scenario, but the bombings were very difficult for me to read.

Journal Entry 4 by BooksandMusic at Seattle, Washington USA on Sunday, February 5, 2017
This was not selected in the ABC VBB. I am putting it into my permanent collection.

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