Many media outlets covered the 70th anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the surrender of Japan. Here is a roundup of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking articles. No doubt that the debate over the bombs will continue for decades to come.
- A Debate Over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 70 Years Later – New York Times
- An illustrated history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings – Washington Post
- Countdown to Hiroshima: The bomb that changed the world – BBC
- Listen to This Lecture From the Man Who Dropped Both Atomic Bombs – War is Boring blog
- Nagasaki: The Last Bomb – New Yorker
- This 390-year-old bonsai tree survived an atomic bomb, and no one knew until 2001 – Washington Post
- Truman was right to use the bomb on Japan – Washington Post
- Twilight of the Bomb – Vice
- Were there alternatives to the atomic bombings? – Restricted Data blog