Textbook treatments of Hiroshima bombing inadequately convey this event's horrors and complexities. Many adults and children are desensitized to war's horrors by media's depersonalized language, i.e., using "collateral damage" to describe Desert Storm civilian casualties. Educators should seek alternative resources, such as Toshi Maruki's "Hiroshima No Pika," Junko Morimoto's "My Hiroshima," and Eleanor Coerr's "Sadako and the Thousand Cranes." (MLH)