Reviewers called 'Fallout' “magisterial” (The New York Times Book Review), “gripping and meticulously researched” (Washington Post), an “enthralling, fine-grained chronicle” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), and “journalism at its finest” (Bloomberg). This harrowing and engrossing story will remind readers about the ghastly realities of nuclear warfare, and of the essentialness of independent investigative journalism in holding the powerful to account. 'Fallout' documents how American war correspondent John Hersey helped expose the deadliest government cover-up of the 20th century: the true effects of the nuclear bombs detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She often writes about historical nuclear events, historical war journalism, and the intersection of war and the arts.īlume’s second major non-fiction book, 'Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed it to the World,' was released by Simon & Schuster on August 4, 2020, to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Her work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, WSJ Magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, Vogue, Town & Country, The Hollywood Reporter, Slate, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Paris Review Daily, among other publications. Blume is an award-winning journalist, historian, and New York Times bestselling author.
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