Hiroshima 1995. (moral aspects of dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945)(Editorial)

From: Commonweal | Date: August 18, 1995 | Copyright information

The US used immoral means to end World War II, but the Allies had bombed civilians even before the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. Relations between the US and Japan have been good since the war, but the world should remember the shame of the bombings to help prevent similar horrors in the future.

In August 1945 the end of war with Japan ushered in an era of peaceful American-japanese relations that has lasted for fifty years. An outcome so positive and enduring could hardly have been imagined after the fierce combat that brought the war to Japanese territory in the spring and summer ...

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