Effects Of Hiroshima Bombing

According to the book by John Hersey Hiroshima the city was an ideal target for American bombing as it was an important military centre of the region. The book states that the city “had been an inviting target – mainly because it had been one of the most important military-command and communications centers in Japan” (HERSEY, P.42). Besides the military importance, Hiroshima had a favorable geographical position which would help to harm the territory as much as it was possible so that to make the bombing impressive and to show off the military power of the United States of America. The places were chosen according to several criteria such as a number of closely-built houses and other buildings, how densely built-up the area was, military value, and the territory had to be …show more content…
Hiroshima met all the criteria and that is why it was chosen as an ideal target for bombing. Among six people who make the characters of the book Hatsuyo Nakamura stands out as it is the only people among the other characters who had to take care not only of herself, but of her three children as well. Mrs. Nakamura is a tailor’s widow with a boy Toshio of ten years old, a girl Yaeko of eight years, and a girl Myeko of five years old. The