Obama’s Nuclear Weapons Policy is His Greatest Achievement and Gravest Disappointment
Obama’s mixed record on nukes leaves us wondering if we’re in any less danger of a nuclear war than we were during the Cold War.
History’s Greatest Terrorist: Harry Truman
The motives for dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were political, the targets civilian — a textbook case of terrorism.
Hiroshima, Mon Ami: “History’s Most Awkward Handshake”
How a Hiroshima victim came to meet the co-pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb.
Will Fukushima Survivors Be Doubly Victimized With Radiation Sickness and Stigmatization?
Let’s hope that, unlike with Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors, bias against Fukushima refugees will be kept to a minimum.
Nuclear War and Peace
Japan’s peacetime and wartime nuclear disasters are like night and day.
One of Hiroshima’s Objectives: To Prove the Manhattan Project Wasn’t a Money Pit
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Congress believed that the Manhattan Project was money well-spent.
START Now
There is no more fitting way to observe the anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki then to ratify the new strategic arms reduction treaty, argues columnist Frida Berrigan.
If They’d Listened to the Scientists We Might Not Need to Observe Hiroshima Day
Before the U.S. bombed Hiroshima, the opinions of Manhattan Project scientists were solicited.
Empire and Nuclear Weapons
The United States has used its nuclear weapons in many ways. Like cannibalism and slavery, however, nuclear weapons can be abolished.