著者

竹峰 誠一郎

出版者

日本オーラル・ヒストリー学会

雑誌

日本オーラル・ヒストリー研究 (ISSN:18823033)

巻号頁・発行日

no.5, pp.153-175, 2009-09-12

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This article discusses the U.S. nuclear testing issues in the Marshall Islands, focusing on the Ailuk people who are "overlooked victims," developing the idea not only with the testimonies of 48 Ailuk people but also using the U.S. official documents. It is clear that the effects of the U.S. nuclear test have also extended to the Ailuk atoll located 525km away from the hypocenter, though the U.S. government has not officially admitted the fact yet. The finding suggests that the U.S. has underestimated the nuclear test effects on the local people in the Marshall Islands. This article is also unique in terms of the oral history methodology, in which a pile of the declassified U.S. official documents are compared with the testimonies of survivors that were exhaustively gathered through fieldworks.