Astounding increases in the danger of nuclear weapons have paralleled provocative foreign policy decisions that needlessly incite tensions between Washington and Moscow.
Posts Tagged: Hiroshima
Some believe an apology for Hiroshima by President Obama could set off a destabilizing chain reaction of apologies.
Only token resistance was offered by top U.S. officials to dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima as well as to developing the hydrogen bomb.
When a government refuses to apologize for war crimes, it means it would be willing to commit them again.
The motives for dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were political, the targets civilian -- a textbook case of terrorism.
How a Hiroshima victim came to meet the co-pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb.
Let's hope that, unlike with Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors, bias against Fukushima refugees will be kept to a minimum.
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Congress believed that the Manhattan Project was money well-spent.
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.
Before the U.S. bombed Hiroshima, the opinions of Manhattan Project scientists were solicited.