The Age of Hiroshima

By Michael D. Gordin, professor of history and G. John Ikenberry

Published July 21, 2021

Gordin and Ikenberry’s collection traces the complex legacies of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. With contributions from leading scholars in multiple disciplines, The Age of Hiroshima reveals how the tragedy gave rise to new conceptions of our world and how we continue to live in its dangerous shadow today.