Ankit Panda, The Diplomat: Was Nuclear Weapon Use in Hiroshima Really a Turning Point in World War II?
Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki did little to convince Japanese leaders to end the war.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons against the civilian populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki stands as one of the most consequential uses of weaponry in human history, a watershed moment in the twilight days of World War II, and a perennial question of moral and strategic ambiguity. In fact, all contemporary conversations about the dangers of nuclear weapons and their proliferation inevitably evoke their two uses in wartime on August 6 and August 9, 1945.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 6, 2015
How the Hiroshima bombing is taught around the world -- Herman Wong, Washington Post
70 Years After Atomic Bombs, Japan Still Struggles With War Past -- Scott Neuman, NPR
Nuclear Deterrence 70 Years After Hiroshima -- Adam Lowther, Real Clear Defense
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How a treason case in Germany set off a political firestorm -- Julia Smirnova, Washington Post
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