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What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn Hersey
  • DescriptionJournalist, novelist, professor
  • BornJune 17, 1914
  • DiedMarch 24, 1993
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Author; Novelist; Essayist
  • AwardsRome Prize