First into Nagasaki, George Weller
First into Nagasaki, George Weller
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First into Nagasaki
The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on PostAtomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War

Author: George Weller

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

After the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, George Weller, a Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter, became the first free Westerner to enter the devastated city. His dispatches, which described the terrifying effects of the bomb, were heavily censored and never publisheduntil now.

About George Weller

George Weller, a graduate of Harvard, wrote for the New York Times but made his name covering World War II for the Chicago Daily News. He won many honors as a foreign correspondent, including a 1943 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on soldiers returning from the frontlines. He continued as a foreign correspondent until his death in 2002.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charlie on August 18, 2014

This book is a MUST read for WW11 interested readers. George Weller, the author and a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, puts together an outstanding report as a 'first person' into ravaged Japan right after the bombardment of Nagasaki and the savage treatment of the POWs. The more I got into this book......more

Goodreads review by Tom on November 29, 2010

I don't use the term 'important' often to describe a book but I would consider this an important book. If only for the vivid descriptions of the seldom-described post-Nagasaki Japan and the POW mining camps in Japan. The ghost ships have been written about a fair amount lately, sometimes as a coroll......more

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