Yokohama burning : the deadly 1923 earthquake and fire that helped forge the path to World War II
The story of the worst natural disaster of the twentieth century: the earthquakes, fires, and tsunamis of September 1923 that destroyed Yokohama and most of Tokyo and killed 140,000 people during two days of horror. Piecing together a minute-by-minute account, journalist Hammer re-creates harrowing scenes of death, escape, and rescue. He also places the tumultuous events in the context of history and ...
Organisatie
NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
Auteur
Hammer, Joshua, 1957-