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Did We Really Need to Drop the Bomb?
American leaders called the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki our 'least abhorrent choice,' but there were alternatives to the nuclear attacks.
by
Paul Ham
via
American Heritage
on
August 6, 2023
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Big Six v. Little Boy: The Unnecessary Bomb
A new book's insistence that the bomb was necessary to bring about Japan’s surrender is largely contradicted by its own evidence.
by
Andrew Cockburn
via
London Review of Books
on
November 15, 2023