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2014
September2014
22
Meditations
How many people would have died if an atomic bomb had been dropped on Tokyo in early 1945, instead of firebombs? And why does it matter?
March2014
12
Visions
A remarkable Army map from 1945 superimposes the effects of the ruinous firebombing campaign against Japan on the continental United States.
2013
August2013
30
Meditations
The terrible banality of a weapon explicitly invented to target civilian populations.
6
Meditations
Thoughts on the 68th anniversary of Hiroshima, and what gets lost when we focus on individual events.
May2013
31
Visions
The captivating, intimate horror of the American B-29 incendiary raids against Japan during World War II.
2
Redactions
A brief update to the last post: translations of leaflets dropped on the Japanese after Hiroshima.
April2013
26
Redactions
Did the United States warn Japan about the atomic bombs prior to their use? A mystery is unravelled.
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