August 2005

60 Years Later: Considering Hiroshima

by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online For 60 years the United States has agonized over its unleashing of the world’s first nuclear weapon on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. President Harry Truman’s decision to explode an atomic bomb over an ostensible military target — the headquarters of the crack Japanese 2nd Army — led […]

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Today’s Politicos Invent the Past

When references to history are totally wrong. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The Chicago Tribune originally ran this article with the title “The Past as today’s Politics: When references to history totally confuse the point.” Share This

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