By Christopher B. Daly
Seventy years ago this week, the United States used atomic bombs in war for the first (and so far only) time in history. It is an occasion to reflect on what that action meant and what it continues to mean for every person on the planet. Without getting into the debate over the morality or the military effectiveness of the bomb, here are some thoughts on the journalism of that fateful period.
Here is a recent piece by me that ran on The Conversation (a terrific website in which academics are invited to write for non-specialists). It is adapted from my book Covering America.
Here is the NYTimes own history of its role in the coverage.
And here is the text of John Hersey’s masterful account of Hiroshima.
William Laurence (left) on Tinian Island before departing for Nagasaki.
Military photo.
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