Wow, @NewYorker features John Hershey’s historic 31k-word story on “Hiroshima” from 1946–still one of the most important accounts of the bomb ever published.
The New Yorker
 @NewYorker
13 Aug 2020
A hundred thousand people were killed by the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Six survivors recount their experiences of the bombing and its aftermath, wondering why they lived when so many others died. nyer.cm/lpyasJ8

Aug 13, 2020 · 10:59 PM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg @NewYorker
I have read the Hershey piece a number of times lately for a project. Perhaps the best piece of journalism I have ever read. I spent a lot of time in Hiroshima & Nagasaki with the USN & that experience just elevated the Hershey article.
Replying to @RobertEllsberg @NewYorker
It's an important work! John Hersey's "Hiroshima,"
Replying to @RobertEllsberg @NewYorker
This essay help shape my lifelong outlook on international relations and war.