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...look back at the bright atomic blasts and dark mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago stirred undying memories, renewed debate about the conduct of the war and inspired a frail hope that humanity may survive its ongoing relationship with nuclear weapons...
That two-inch tall blob—an image of the mushroom cloud that symbolizes the murder of hundreds of thousands of people at Hiroshima and Nagasaki—was my only reminder of the terror that fell out of the bomb bays of Enola Gay and Bock’s Car some 60 years...
...from alone in my ignorance; everywhere I looked Americans didn’t seem to notice. Sure, Time magazine’s cover story two weeks earlier was about the future of atomic warfare, and yes, the ceremony in Hiroshima was covered by world news media. But let’s face it—the space shuttle and Raphael Palmiero have been getting far more press. On Tuesday, the sixtieth anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing, “Runaway bride mows lawn as part of service” was one of the top stories on Yahoo news. Nagasaki...
This national ignorance is chilling because it is just as important to remember what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki today as it was 50 years ago. Unlike during the Cold War, when we felt the specter of atomic warfare breathing down our backs every day and marshaled our country’s whole attention to fight it, today we live in an insulated world where Dr. Strangelove’s doomsday scenario seems like fiction. Although we hear of dirty bombs and nuclear programs, and polls have shown that most Americans fear a nuclear attack, there is not nearly...
...been said that history repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time. If we are to make sure that atomic weapons are never used again, we must keep the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki continually echoing in the world?...