Author: | Terkel, Studs | Original Title: | The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two | Place: | München |
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Publisher: | Schneekluth | Year: | 1989 |
Terkel, Studs. Transl. Christiane Buchner. "Der gute Krieg": Amerika im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Zeitzeugen sprechen . The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two München, Schneekluth, 1989.
This is a collection of testimonies by those who experienced World War II on different positions, including a nuclear physicist of the Manhattan project, a chemical engineer at the U.S. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and some veterans who were involved in the A-bombings and nuclear test in Bikini Atoll. This book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1985. さまざまな立場で戦争を体験した人たちによる証言集。マンハッタン計画の核物理学者、原爆製造工場の化学技術者、広島長崎の被爆者、原爆投下、ビキニ原爆実験にかかわった退役軍人ら。本書はピュリツァー賞を受賞。