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90 Seconds to Midnight tells the gripping and thought-provoking story of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, a thirteen-year-old girl living in Hiroshima in 1945, when the city was annihilated by an atomic bomb. Struggling with grief and anger, Thurlow set out to warn the world about the horrors of a nuclear attack in a crusade that has lasted seven decades.
In 2015 Thurlow sparked a rallying cry for activists when she proclaimed at the United Nations, "Humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist." With that, she shifted the global discussion from nuclear deterrence to humanitarian consequences, the key in crafting the landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Regarded as the conscience of the antinuclear movement, Thurlow accepted the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. With the fate of humanity at stake and with the resolve of her samurai ancestors, Thurlow challenged leaders of the nuclear-armed states. On January 22, 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons went into effect, banning nuclear weapons under international law.
Critical historical events need a personal narrative, and Thurlow is such a storyteller for Hiroshima. 90 Seconds to Midnight recounts Thurlow's ascent from the netherworld where she saw, heard, and smelled death and her relentless efforts to protect the world from an unspeakable fate. Knowing she would have to live with those nightmares, Thurlow turned them into a force to impel people across the globe to learn from Hiroshima, to admit that yes, it could happen again-and then to take action.
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Note on Japanese Names
Prologue
Part 1. Before
1. The Heart of a Samurai
2. A Cherry Blossom Life
3. Raising the Flag of the Rising Sun
4. August 6, 1945
Part 2. After
5. Necropolis
6. Life among the Ruins
7. Occupied
8. Where Was God on August 6?
9. Born to Serve
10. Falling in Love in Bibai
Part 3. The Quest
11. Crossing Borders
12. Blood on Our Hands
13. In the Interim
14. Witness
15. Watchman
16. Indifference Is Not an Option
17. Reframing the Narrative
18. Point of No Return
19. Confronting Truman
20. Moving toward Zero
21. Moral Indignation
22. Glory
23. The Road to Ratification
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
