"Perspective on Modern World History: Japan's 2011 Natural Disasters and Nuclear Meltdown explores the events surrounding Japan's 2011 Natural Disasters and Nuclear Meltdown explores the events surrounding Japan's 2011 natural disasters and nuclear meltdown, providing background information on the events, examining related controversies, and offering personal narratives from those who witnessed the disasters"--From the publisher's web site.

Includes chronology. Includes glossary.

Historical background on Japan's 2011 natural disasters and nuclear meltdown - The 2011 Japanese disasters : an overview / Historical World Events - Japan shattered; first the quakes, then the tsunami--now, the devastation of possible nuclear meltdown / Chico Harlan - A second blast at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant / Ron Synovitz - Toxic truth about Japan's "miracle" / Richard Jones - As Japan's tsunami debris arrives, can the US West Coast handle it? / Winston Ross - I am one of the Fukushima fifty / David McNeill - Controversies surrounding Japan's 2011 natural disasters and nuclear meltdown - Japan prepared well for tsunamis / Andrew Moore - Thousands died because Japan was not prepared for the tsunami / Bruce Parker - The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident was a "man-made" disaster / The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission - The Kan government's initial disaster response was reasonably good / Jeff Kingston - The Japanese government needs to revamp its disaster response plan / Leo Bosner - The impact of disaster / Bill Emmott - Too much self-restraint will harm Japan's national interest / Geoffrey Tudor - Japan's meltdown / Emily Parker - Earthquake, tsunami, meltdown--the triple disaster's impact on Japan, impact on the world / Elizabeth Ferris and Mireya Solis - Personal narratives - A Tokyo businesswoman feels stranded by the earthquake / Chikirin - A foreign student experiences the 2011 earthquake / Sasicha Manupipatpong - A writer lives through the earthquake and other 2011 disasters / Lucy Birmingham and David McNeill - A Japanese evacuee shares her concerns / Izumi Nakano - After the disaster : a return to a devastated Japan / David Baresch - A journalist visits the Fukushima Nuclear Plant / Martin Fackler - Tracking tsunami flotsam / Marcus Erikson.