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Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a moral necessity
It is an act of historical myopia to pretend that the atomic bombings were callous. They were the cost of hard-fought peace.
Contributor: Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a moral necessity
It is an act of historical myopia to pretend that the atomic bombings were callous. They were the cost of hard-fought peace.
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Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped
On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the atomic bomb in war. But he also deserves some credit for the fact that ...
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80 years after Nagasaki bombing, activists 'remember and mourn'
On the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, peace activists representing faith-based and secular ...
Remembering Hiroshima with Northumberland's Ted Van Kirk
This is a condensed version of a 1992 article based on an interview with Ted Van Kirk, of Northumberland, the navigator of the Enola Gay, who died in 2014. The article originally appeared in The Daily ...
Restored Nagasaki bell rings in 80 years since A-bomb
Twin cathedral bells rang in unison Saturday in Japan's Nagasaki for the first time since the atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago, commemorating the moment of horror.
80 years later, you can still see the shadow of a Hiroshima bomb victim
In the wake of the blast, these eerie shadows were left etched into surfaces across the city—almost like a photo negative of ...
Russia and China tick Doomsday Clock toward midnight as Hiroshima bombing hits 80 years
The Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight as analysts debate nuclear deterrence effectiveness amid rising tensions with ...