Major Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hibakusha of Japan

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: MAJOR EFFECTS THE ATOMIC BOMB ON
HIBAKUSHA OF JAPAN
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Bernard, Vincent, and Hitomi Homma. 2015. "After the atomic bomb: Hibakusha tell their
stories." International Review of the Red Cross 97 (899): 507–525.
This is a unique article because in it’s a transcription of the views of some of the victims
of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. It is a review of three voices of
hibakusha (survivors of the atomic bomb in Japan). The authors aimed to share the experiences
of the hibakusha to give readers hope and a clear picture of the implications of the atomic bomb.
In the abstract, the authored noted that the survivors have individually suffered as well as
experienced the suffering of others, their families and the many others who continue to suffer
from the infinite consequences of the attack. Bernard and Homma note that all the survivors
pleaded for a reassurance that nuclear weapons shall never ever be used again.
The main thesis of the author was sharing of the stories of the hibakusha with an
aim of advocating from non-nuclear weapons. Based on the views of the three interviewees, the
Bernard and Homma concluded that the atomic bomb significantly affected the lives of the
survivor and continually affects the subsequent generations hence nuclear weapons should be
banned completely.
Unlike other articles that have research methodologies, literature reviews, data analysis,
findings and conclusion, Bernard and Homma paper was primarily a transcript of the views of
the three interviewed hibakusha. The method and materials they used in intervening the survivors
are not indicated, it seems their primary objective was sharing the experiences of the victims as
narrated by Dr Tomonaga born on August 9, 1945, in Nagasaki, Mr Yamamoto born in 1931 in
Hiroshima, and Mr Yamawaki who was 11 years when the bomb struck Nagasaki.
The biodata of authors was not outlined in the paper. Nonetheless, their paper forms the
basis of my topic on evaluating the implications of the atomic bomb on the hibakusha of Japan.