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AFTER HIROSHIMA: The United States, Race, and Nuclear Weapons in Asia, 1945-1965
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AFTER HIROSHIMA: The United States, Race, and Nuclear Weapons in Asia, 1945-1965, Matthew Jones, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2010, 514 pages, $116.00.
If you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, you shouldn't judge this one by its title. The title's reference to "Hiroshima" could suggest the book traverses well-trod ground recounting the aftermath of the world's fi rst nuclear detonation in anger, and its reference to "race" is likely to elicit the kind of negative reaction that sometimes attends appeals to racial injustice in an effort to steer arguments over divisive social issues.
However, this is not the case. On the contrary, After Hiroshima presents a …
