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Essential reading
In 1946, barely a year after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 & 9, 1945, John Hersey wrote an important little booklet about the effects of the bomb upon the lives of six Hiroshima residents who survived the blast.Updated several times over the next 40 years, Hersey follows the lives of these six."Hiroshima" is at once a story of the moments just before and just after the tragic event, the effect of the blast upon the city and its residents, the courage, heroism and sacrifices of the survivors as they struggled to understand what had happened and their heroic rescue of other survivors.In this Hersey succeeds admirably.In the process, "Hiroshima" provides a snapshot of Japanese lifestyle and manners.Much of it written in the phraseology of the Japanese themselves, Hersey describes a lifetime of recurring medical and psychological problems.Played against the backdrop of initial resentment of Americans for dropping the bomb, Hersey also describes how the Japanese themselves came to understand the responsibility of their own military leaders in starting the war that resulted in the destruction of their city, as well as the role of religion, Japanese as well as Christianity in dealing with the humanitarian issues."Hiroshima" is a cautionary tale of war and of man's inhumanity to man, without attempting to overly blame any single individual or group.Short, to the point, interesting, not easy to read (due to its subject), and not easy to dismiss, this small volume should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding the impact our decisions make on others, and how it effects them for the remainder of their lives.For a specifically detailed and more thorough study of the effects of the atom bomb itself, one would need to find a longer and more modern book.This books value is in its humanity, which is, after all, what the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki teach us.Highly recommended. (Note: This reviewer read the 1989 Vintage Press version. Other reviews are also found under other printings.)

Quite Something
Although it's been a couple of years since I read it, Hiroshima is still ingrained in my memory.Hersey introduces a situation of which most people are aware.You are thrust into the lives of a handful of individuals before, during, and after the catastrophic events that marked at that time the pinnacle of human ingenuity and human horror.Like Joseph Conrad in his masterpiece Heart of Darkness, Hersey paints a beautiful yet terrifying picture, sparing no detail.By the end of all the descriptions of death and decay, you feel you have also experienced it, because no matter how many statistics are taught in the classroom or how many pictures you're shown, without that human connection, the dead are just nameless bodies.This is why Hiroshima is as important as it is informational.Hersey connects you with survivors, and tells their remarkable stories to a world that needed to hear them and in reality still needs to hear them.

A bit of an artifact...
This strikes me as a strange little book and I have to admit I'm still not quite sure what to make of it. It has the feeling of a palimpsest - and, indeed, at the core is the 1946 article Hersey wrote for the New Yorker - that lost its justification in the process of being added to and updated. The last third of the book degenerates into a sort of "where are they now" that continues to follow (into the 1970s) the lives of the handful of A-bomb survivors upon whom Hersey originally focused. But the fact of the matter is that all of them went on to lead substantially normal (and not especially remarkable) lives and that none of them has anything very insightful to say about their experiences (which is only what one might naturally expect, though it does lead to curiosity about why Hersey chose to write about them). Once Hersey has described the bomb's immediate effects and the days just afterward, the drama of the book is essentially used up. The bits of political history that he includes (either before or after the bombing) are decidedly sketchy, and Hersey's social analysis of the position of the "explosion-affected persons" in Japan isn't particularly deep. Interesting considering the historical context of the original article that led to the expanded book, but it's a slight effort nonetheless. More than that, it has that unmistakable air of an "assigned book" for high-school or J-high summer reading lists--one that's supposed to carry an important lesson or moral but which is, at base, dull enough to neither offend anyone nor inspire much interest. It's a "read this, it will educate you" book that embodies all the attendant problems of the genre and has a fair amount of difficulty standing the test of time.

Hiroshima - Learn the after-effects of an atomic explosion
This book is an excellent overview of a handful of people who experienced the atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima, Japan and the rescue efforts by some courages individuals immediately afterwards.

Given the recent concerns of the U.S. and many nations with Iran potentially becoming able to produce a nuclear weapon and the continued issues with North Korea's program, and the overarching concerns related to the proliferation of nuclear weapons technology, this book shows the real horrors of what an atomic explosion causes, both immediately - death and destruction - as well in the immediate and mediate aftermath - the terrible suffering of the survivors(including, severe burns, radiation poisoning, cancer and particularly leukemia, etc.). Particularly compelling was the story of how most of the population that survived the immediate blast effects, desperately sought out water, and how some priests stationed there from the west tried to help survivors.

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I would recommend to any leader
I recently read John Hersey's great book called Creating Contagious Leadership - 9 Habits that Inspire a Leadership Culture.

I love the concept of contagious leadership and I figure even if someone doesn't deliberately go about trying to be contagious, the leader definitely will be. I have seen in organizations where the leaders is slow and lack a customer service ethic and this tends to permeate throughout the organization. I've also seen cases where the leader is quick, responsive, has a high work ethic and that tends to also translate through the organization.

The gist of Hersey's message is that by deliberately trying to be contagious, the leader can multiply their efforts. The book has a number of practical ideas on how to do this.

Some of these habits include:
1. Spotlighting (This is shining the spotlight in areas that are good)
2. Vibrant Communication (Communication is always a big deal in any organization)
3. Permission Mentoring (one of my favorites). I've always been a believer in coach, training and mentoring people and have often said I want people who are coachable, but what I guess what I was really was looking for was permission mentoring, where people actually give permission to be mentored.

The book is short and to the point, well written and easy to read. I would recommend it to any leader.

Great for new leaders, or longtime leaders alike.
From start to finish, this book is filled with great advice and HOW TO's.
However, only contagious leaders will read it-Contained leaders need to read it, and devour it!

Contagious Leader
If you hope to be a leader - read this soon!
If you think you are a leader - read this today!
If you know you are a leader - read it NOW, because you might be surprised.

Most insightful, comprehensive, but net (only a couple hours) perspective of the "true leadership" journey on the market. A must read for anyone who wants to cultivate the passion within themselves.
Should be an MBA requirement for graduation too.

TOP QUALITY INFORMATION IN THIS BOOK
There are many things I like about John Hersey's new book. What I like most is the clear, cogent way he has organized his ideas into actionable steps. This is a book you can read and begin implementing immediately to improve your own ability to lead your people as well as to align the leadership of your organization with the most important values for which it exists. Hersey's views on leadership and how to replicate true leadership skills throughout an organization take much of what we intuitively know and shed new light on how to develop managers into leaders. Implementing contagious leadership will, in my opinion, create a more caring organization and facilitate the achievement of superior results.

Quick inspiring read
John has created an inspiring read, with real world examples of just how important it is to (decide to) be a contagious leader. I especially liked his attention to defining charater. What is Character? How is it defined? You'll have to read the book to find out.

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Chapters: Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Ernie Pyle, John Hersey, Thomas C. Lea, Iii, Eric Lloyd Williams, Robert Post, Kenneth Gandar-Dower, War Correspondents 1942-1943, Nordahl Grieg, Betty Wason, Evadne Price, Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, Robert Sherrod, Harald Damsleth, Larry Lesueur, Clare Hollingworth, Johannes Hähle, Frazier Hunt, Jonas Lie, the Writing 69th, Richard Hughes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 119. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 March 24, 1993) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling devices of the novel are fused with non-fiction reportage. Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest piece of journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel under the aegis of New York University's journalism department. Born in Tientsin, China, to missionaries Roscoe and Grace Baird Hersey, John Hersey learned to speak Chinese before he spoke English. He returned to the United States with his family when he was ten years old. Later Hersey attended the Hotchkiss School, followed by Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones society. He subsequently was a graduate student at Cambridge as a Mellon Fellow. Following his time at Cambridge, Hersey got a summer job as private secretary and driver for author Sinclair Lewis in 1937, but he chafed at his duties, and that fall he began work at Time, where he was hired after writing an essay on the magazine's dismal quality. Two years later he was transferred to Time's Chongqing bureau. During World War II, newsweekly correspondent Hersey covered fighting in Europe as well as Asia, writing article...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=212464 ... Read more

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Title: Hiroshima y la mentira atómica.(Hiroshima, libro del periodista John Hersey; su traducción al español)(notas sobre el empleo de la bomba atómica durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial)
Author: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Publication: Letras Libres (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2003
Publisher: Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V.
Volume: 5Issue: 60Page: 30(5)

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