02787cam a2200421 4500 461679419 TxAuBib 20201214120000.0 200504s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020000055 9781982128517 hardcover 1982128518 hardcover 9781982128531 paperback 1982128534 paperback 40030064438 99985783687 (OCoLC)1124337450 TxAuBib Blume, Lesley M. M.,. Fallout : the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world / Lesley M.M. Blume. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2020. ©2020. ix, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Just days after the United States decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. But the US government and military had begun a secret propaganda and information suppression campaign to hide the devastating nature of these experimental weapons. Occupation forces closed the atomic cities to Allied reporters, preventing leaks about the horrific long-term effects of radiation which would kill thousands during the months after the blast. For nearly a year the cover-up worked-- until New Yorker journalist John Hersey got into Hiroshima and managed to report the truth to the world. Blume shares this piece of hidden history, and shows how this knowledge has remained among the greatest deterrents to using nuclear weapons since the end of World War II. -- adapted from jacket. New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century-the true effects of the atom bomb-potentially saving millions of lives-- Provided by publisher. 20201214. Hersey, John, 1914-1993. Hersey, John, 1914-1993 Hiroshima. World War II 1939-1945 Press coverage Japan Hiroshima-shi United States. World War II 1939-1945 Press coverage Japan. Atomic bomb victims Press coverage Japan Hiroshima-shi United States. Journalists United States Biography. Atomic bomb United States Public opinion. Atomic bomb Government policy United States History 20th century. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945 Press coverage United States.