A Doctor's Sword – How an Irish Doctor Survived War, Captivity and the Atomic Bomb
‘There followed a blue flash accompanied by a very bright magnesium-type flare … Then came a frighteningly loud but rather flat explosion, which was followed by a blast of hot air … All this was followed by eerie silence.’So Cork doctor Aidan MacCarthy described the explosion of the atomic bomb...
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‘There followed a blue flash accompanied by a very bright magnesium-type flare … Then came a frighteningly loud but rather flat explosion, which was followed by a blast of hot air … All this was followed by eerie silence.’So Cork doctor Aidan MacCarthy described the explosion of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki in August 1945, just over a mile from where he was trembling in a m
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781848892866 (1848892861)
Publisher: The Collins Press
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
What an amazing story of survival and humanity of an Irish Doctor who survived war, captivity and the atomic bomb. I came across this book while listening to the author's interview on radio and found the story fascinating and I sourced a copy the next day.Aidan MacCarthy was from Castletownbere, a s...
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