Burning Conscience: The Case Of The Hiroshima Pilot Claude Eatherly

Burning Conscience: The Case Of The Hiroshima Pilot Claude Eatherly
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Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9781786256928
ISBN-13 : 1786256924
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Synopsis Burning Conscience: The Case Of The Hiroshima Pilot Claude Eatherly by : Claude Eatherly

A collection of correspondence between Claude Eatherly, a former air force pilot, and Günther Anders, a German philosopher. Eatherly was the pilot who gave the all-clear for the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima: an action the implications of which he had not known at the time. Returning from the mission and learning of the devastating impact of the atomic bomb Eatherly was unable to calmly accept his role. Though he was treated as a hero in the press, Eatherly was morally distraught over his actions and felt that he could not silently accept the accolades. Over the course of some 71 letters Anders and Eatherly struggled with the problem of taking moral responsibility in a time when ethics were the last thing that most people seemed to want to discuss. Part of what fascinated Anders about Eatherly – and prompted the former to contact the latter – was precisely this way in which Eatherly sought to take responsibility for something which he easily could have ignored as having been a matter of “just following orders.” Burning Conscience is a fascinating and troubling book – not simply because it provides a first-hand account of an oft untold moral story in the aftermath of World War II, but because the matters being discussed by Anders and Eatherly are as important today as they were during the lives of the correspondents.— Lib. Ship.

Burning Conscience

Burning Conscience
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Total Pages : 178
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015026259757
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Synopsis Burning Conscience by : Claude Eatherly

Burning Conscience

Burning Conscience
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Total Pages : 139
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ISBN-10 : LCCN:62015160
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Synopsis Burning Conscience by : Claude Eatherly

The Human Soul (Lost) in Transition At the Dawn of a New Era

The Human Soul (Lost) in Transition At the Dawn of a New Era
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Publisher : Chiron Publications
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781630516840
ISBN-13 : 1630516848
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Human Soul (Lost) in Transition At the Dawn of a New Era by : Erel Shalit

Well-known Jungian analyst, author and lecturer Erel Shalit passed away in early 2018. This is his book, The Human Soul (Lost) in Transition At the Dawn of a New Era, published posthumously. “The aim of this book,” wrote Shalit, “is to present a depth psychological perspective on phenomena pertaining to the present, postmodern era. As such, its origins are in the depths; symbolically, in the depth of the waters, in which the sacred is reflected. Likewise, this book centers around the image, which has travelled from the forbidden zone of the transcendent command ‘make no graven image,’ through the interiority of the human soul, to become an exteriorized, computerized, robot-generated image that virtualizes as well as augments reality.” This book explores the changing character of the relationship between us humans and the image, and the dramatic impact this has in post-modern culture.

United States Air Force and Its Antecedents

United States Air Force and Its Antecedents
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 0810850109
ISBN-13 : 9780810850101
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis United States Air Force and Its Antecedents by : James T. Controvich

This bibliography lists published and printed unit histories for the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, including Air Divisions, Wings, Groups, Squadrons, Aviation Engineers, and the Women's Army Corps.

The Unfinished Atomic Bomb

The Unfinished Atomic Bomb
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781498550215
ISBN-13 : 1498550215
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The Unfinished Atomic Bomb by : David Lowe

In its diversity of perspectives, The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections is testament to the ways in which contemplations of the A-bomb are endlessly shifting, rarely fixed on the same point or perspective. The compilation of this book is significant in this regard, offering Japanese, American, Australian, and European perspectives. In doing so, the essays here represent a complex series of interpretations of the bombing of Hiroshima, and its implications both for history, and for the present day. From Kuznick’s extensive biographical account of the Hiroshima bomb pilot, Paul Tibbets, and contentious questions about the moral and strategic efficacy of dropping the A-bomb and how that has resonated through time, to Jacobs’ reflections on the different ways in which Hiroshima and its memorialization are experienced today, each chapter considers how this moment in time emerges, persistently, in public and cultural consciousness. The discussions here are often difficult, sometimes controversial, and at times oppositional, reflecting the characteristics of A-bomb scholarship more broadly. The aim is to explore the various ways in which Hiroshima is remembered, but also to consider the ongoing legacy and impact of atomic warfare, the reverberations of which remain powerfully felt.

Nuclear Realism

Nuclear Realism
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781317751434
ISBN-13 : 1317751434
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Nuclear Realism by : Rens van Munster

What is a realist response to nuclear weapons? This book is animated by the idea that contemporary attempts to confront the challenge of nuclear weapons and other global security problems would benefit from richer historical foundations. Returning to the decade of deep, thermonuclear anxiety inaugurated in the early 1950s, the authors focus on four creative intellectuals – Günther Anders, John H. Herz, Lewis Mumford and Bertrand Russell – whose work they reclaim under the label of ‘nuclear realism’. This book brings out an important, oppositional and resolutely global strand of political thought that combines realist insights about nuclear weapons with radical proposals for social and political transformation as the only escape from a profoundly endangered planet. Nuclear Realism is a highly original and provocative study that will be of great use to advanced undergraduates, graduates and scholars of political theory, International Relations and Cold War history.

Dyslexia and Inclusion

Dyslexia and Inclusion
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9780415607582
ISBN-13 : 0415607582
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Dyslexia and Inclusion by : Gavin Reid

'Dyslexia and Inclusion' provides the teacher with an understanding of dyslexia and offers practical approaches than can be used for assessment, teaching and learning.

Prometheanism

Prometheanism
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 9781783482405
ISBN-13 : 1783482400
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Prometheanism by : Christopher John Müller

A translation of the essay ‘On Promethean Shame’ by Günther Anders with a comprehensive introduction and analysis of his work.

The Atomic Bomb in Japanese Cinema

The Atomic Bomb in Japanese Cinema
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 299
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ISBN-10 : 9781476620206
ISBN-13 : 1476620202
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis The Atomic Bomb in Japanese Cinema by : Matthew Edwards

Seventy years after the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is still dealing with the effects of the bombings on the national psyche. From the Occupation Period to the present, Japanese cinema had offered a means of coming to terms with one of the most controversial events of the 20th century. From the monster movies Gojira (1954) and Mothra (1961) to experimental works like Go Shibata's NN-891102 (1999), atomic bomb imagery features in all genres of Japanese film. This collection of new essays explores the cultural aftermath of the bombings and its expression in Japanese cinema. The contributors take on a number of complex issues, including the suffering of the survivors (hibakusha), the fear of future holocausts and the danger of nuclear warfare. Exclusive interviews with Go Shibata and critically acclaimed directors Roger Spottiswoode (Hiroshima) and Steven Okazaki (White Light/Black Rain) are included.