Informazioni generali

Altri nomi: WELLER, George
Data di nascita: 1907-07-13
Data di morte: 2002-12-19
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di residenza: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Istruzione: Harvard College (BA ∙ 1929)
Attività lavorative: novelist
Playwright
journalist
Premi e riconoscimenti: Pulitzer Prize (Reporting ∙ 1943)

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The story of the paratroops di George Weller

Review from my 13 year old.

“I really enjoyed it. It even has actual photographs. It tells the story of the paratroops from the early beginnings of people with balloons (Ch. 2) to the end of WW2. A lot of interesting information such as the German boxer Max Schmeling was a paratroop. I’d recommend this to people interested in military history. *note from me-older readers may recall Max Schmeling as an answer in Trivial Pursuit.*

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FamiliesUnitedLL | Jul 13, 2023 |

First Into Nagasaki: The Censored Eyewitness… di George Weller

Uneven but interesting account of the days following the Nagasaki nuclear attack. The part about the American prisoners in the Philippines is actually better.

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ndpmcIntosh | 7 altre recensioni | Mar 21, 2016 |

First Into Nagasaki: The Censored Eyewitness… di George Weller

Fantastic read. Makes one wonder (in case you don't know) who General McArthur was looking out for.
Interviews with POW's was tough to read. So many people -so much pain and suffering.
Should be required reading in place of some of the Pablum students have to read.
Well written under duress.

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busterrll | 7 altre recensioni | Jul 28, 2014 |

First Into Nagasaki: The Censored Eyewitness… di George Weller

This is a book about military censorship. MacArthur and the US government did not want any reportage of any lingering or long-term radiation affects of the bomb. That is why Weller's dispatches were suppressed. Interestingly, Hiroshima was much more destructive because its topography was flat, whereas Nagasaki's was much more hilly. But Nagasaki reportage was just 20% or so of the book. Most of the book was about his reports of the Japanese POW camps, and the atrocities done there. I was most impressed by the quality of his dispatches: the facts and just the facts. There is relative little spin. Very, very different from the reporting done by "embedded" reporters during the Iraq War. Here is an example of "objective" reporting, that I miss from any journalist in any media today. Raw history. Recommended.… (altro)

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KirkLowery | 7 altre recensioni | Mar 4, 2014 |

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