Download or read book Living with the Bomb: American and Japanese Cultural Conflicts in the Nuclear Age written by Laura E. Hein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development and use of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki number among the formative national experiences for both Japanese and Americans as well as for 20th-century Japan-US relations. This volume explores the way in which the bomb has shaped the self-image of both peoples.