The 1950s were a vital time in the history of science. In accordance with the intensification of the Cold War, many scientific talents were mobilized to several military-related research and development projects not only in the United States, but also in the Soviet Union. Contra…
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"On August 6, 1945, in the waning days of World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The city's destruction stands as a powerful symbol of nuclear annihilation, but it has also shaped how we think about war and peace, the past and t…
The age of Hiroshima
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On August 6, 1945, in the waning days of World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The city's destruction stands as a powerful symbol of nuclear annihilation, but it has also shaped how we think about war and peace, the past and th…
This dissertation is a history of commemoration of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in the context of the global development of Holocaust and WW II memory. Using the history of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park as a platform, it examines the role of architecture, psychiatry, emotion…
En beskrivelse af de forberedelser (Operation Downfall), som de allierede foretog for at tvinge Japan til overgivelse samt hvorfor man valgte at angribe de japanske byer Hiroshima og Nagasaki med atomvåben.
In diesem monumentalen Buch beleuchten 57 internationale Wissenschaftler*innen unter Federführung des französischen Historikers Bruno Cabanes die zahlreichen Facetten kriegerischen Handelns vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart. In den letzten zweihundert Jahren hat sich der …
In this book, John Mueller contends that our overriding concern about nuclear weapons borders on an obsession unsupported by either history or logic. Drawing on the history of the entire atomic era, Mueller argues that nuclear weapons have never represented much of a threat give…
John Mueller argues how our obsession with nuclear weapons is unsupported by history, scientific fact, or logic. Examining the entire atomic era, Mueller boldly contends that nuclear weapons have had little impact on history.
