Russell Shorto

John Hersey, The Writer Who Let ​“Hiroshima” Speak for Itself

NewYorker.com

by Russell Shorto

August 31, 2016

Seventy years ago, this magazine devoted its entire August 31st issue to an article by John Hersey titled ​“Hiroshima.” It became a landmark in journalism, in publishing, and in humanity’s awareness of itself and its own awful potential…