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Global Hibakusha

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

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Abstract

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My book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha has just been released by Yale University Press. The book is based on more than 10 years of research on the Global Hibakusha Project with my research collaborator Mick Broderick. This article provides a short overview of the book; you can learn more and watch some lectures at the book's website: Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha.

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Research Article
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6 John F. Kennedy, “Letter to the Members of the Committee on Civil Defense of the Governors' Conference,” 6 October 1961 (accessed 10 March 2022).