Mark Selden December 1, 2016 Volume 14 | Issue 23 | Number 4PrécisGermany and Japan took the lead in the terror bombing of cities during World War II, acts that sparked outrage from President Roosevelt and many others. U.S. bombing, by contrast, hewed to strategic targets, prioritizing military installations and factories until 1944, when it supported Britain in … [Read more...] about American Fire Bombing and Atomic Bombing of Japan in History and Memory
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The Radiation That Makes People Invisible: A Global Hibakusha Perspective
The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 30, No. 1, August 3, 2014.The Radiation That Makes People Invisible: A Global Hibakusha PerspectiveRobert JacobsRadiation makes people invisible. We know that exposure to radiation can be deleterious to one’s health; can cause sickness and even death when received in high doses. But it does more. People who have been exposed to … [Read more...] about The Radiation That Makes People Invisible: A Global Hibakusha Perspective
70 Years After Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Los Alamos Hunger Striker and Call for End to Nuclear Weapons Research
Albert Einstein is known to have written to his friend Linus Pauling, "I made one great mistake in my life — when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made." As a result of Einstein's letter, the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)was established in secret, and this is where Robert Oppenheimer and others in the Manhattan Project … [Read more...] about 70 Years After Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Los Alamos Hunger Striker and Call for End to Nuclear Weapons Research