The Day the Sun Rose in the West: Bikini, the Lucky Dragon, and I 9780824860202

On March 1, 1954, the U.S. exploded a hydrogen bomb at Bikini in the South Pacific. The fifteen-megaton bomb was a thous

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The Day the Sun Rose in the West: Bikini, the Lucky Dragon, and I
 9780824860202

Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
Preface to the English-Language Edition
Prologue: Sakura Junior High School and I
1 Irradiated
2 Return to Port, Chaotic Days
3 At Death’s Door
4 The Bikini Incident Isn’t Over
Epilogue: Two Visits to the Marshall Islands, Home of Bikini
Index

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