Abstract
As time passes, the number of survivors from major world tragedies like the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki grows fewer and fewer. These survivors are a powerful resource for educating students of all ages about the importance of world peace. Drawing on the writing of Richard Moody and Frans Doppen, as well as Paul Ham, and Herbert Feis respectively, I outline the important role of hibakusha, or a-bomb survivors, in peace education at the secondary and collegiate levels. I explain how personalized survivor testimony provides an alternative and highly effective and necessary counterweight to teaching solely a U.S.-centric historical narrative with regards to the end of World War II.
Recommended Citation
Thome, Matthew S.
(2017)
"Hiroshima on Peace Education and Problems with U.S.-Centric Historical Narratives in a World Without Survivors,"
International ResearchScape Journal: Vol. 4, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25035/irj.04.01.03
Available at:
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/irj/vol4/iss1/3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25035/irj.04.01.03
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