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For Hiroshima remembrance day, here's something from my previous career as a military & diplomatic historian (1989-95). https://twitter.com/sanhotree/status/736029460835803137
The Spirit of Hiroshima: This documentary looks at the August 6, 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, through the stories of several survivors. https://www.c-span.org/video/?474136-1/the-spirit-hiroshima I watched the other night. It’s quite powerful.
This will come as a shock to most people, but during the first decade after the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan, the most vocal US critics of the bomb came from the far right, not the left. The polarity flips during the Vietnam War era. Read my paper to understand why. https://twitter.com/sanhotree/status/1291191113093652481
Here's another resource for Hiroshima remembrance day. John Dower is a fascinating historian and puts things in perspective beautifully. It was a pleasure to interview him for C-SPAN. https://twitter.com/SanhoTree/status/774984469761691652?s=20
If you're interested in my book, historian Michael Beschloss wrote a great review of it for the cover of the NYT Book Review in 1995. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/books/did-we-need-to-drop-it.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
It’s hard to believe this aired 25 years ago. It was made for the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. https://twitter.com/sanhotree/status/621870948610895873
Great thread about the importantance of the Soviet declaration of war against Japan which gets overlooked in many US narratives about the atomic bombs. https://twitter.com/wellerstein/status/1292196537179803648?s=21
