Скачать или смотреть Rethinking the role of atomic bombs with Professor Peter Kuznick

The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, leading to Japan’s surrender and ushering in the nuclear age.

Americans learned that "the bombs are not only necessary, they're moral," said Peter Kuznick, Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University.

"It's at the heart of this idea of American goodness and the American Empire and American exceptionalism. The reality is very, very different," he said.

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