The Atomic Bomb — A Necessary or Needless Evil?

Did Harry Truman make the right decision by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan?

The Atomic Bomb — A Necessary or Needless Evil?

Early atomic land of confusion

Известно, что доатомная (и, говоря обобщенно, докосмическая) история человечества в большинстве космоопер при широкоугольном обзоре имеет тенденции к сжатию и химерическому смешению; из относительно свежих работ жанра эти особенности ярче всего проявляются у Майкла Флинна в…

The A-Bomb

When one first learns of the atomic bomb and the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the following question is often posed: if you were president, would you have dropped the bomb?

I think the use of the atomic bomb in any circumstance is morally repugnant. I know all the…

Liveblogging World War II: December 15, 1945: Harry S Truman

Harry S Truman: Speech Draft:

It was a decision to loose the most terrible of all destructive forces for the wholesale slaughter of human beings. The Secretary of War Mr. Stimson and I weighed that…

I can also recommend the book “Assault in Norway”, which is based on interviews with many of the participants, and includes the equally remarkable stories of their escape from Norway afterwards.

In addition, NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) produced an excellent 6 part dramatisation earlier this year, titled “The…