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Book Review: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima was not necessary

Atomic-Bomb-SmBOOK REVIEW The rush to the nuclear The Nation, 6 Jan 13, The end of World War II needn’t have been so terrible as to witness the birth of the bomb,
read-this-waysays author Paul Ham
Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story
In six decades the story behind the birth of the atomic
age has lost none of fascination, in equal parts because the power of
the nucleus was immediately put to such horrific use, and because its
risks have still not been fully contained, in conflict or in peace.

While Australian journalist Paul Ham’s book “Hiroshima Nagasaki”
appears to offer nothing new as claimed, it’s an enlightening analysis
of those dangerous early years, drawn into a modern context….. In
the end he comes firmly down on the side of those who say the bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was utterly without justification, and these
voices include many wartime generals. Japan was blockaded, its supply
lines strangled, meaning that the Allies didn’t even need to launch a
dreaded, costly invasion of the mainland, let alone unleash nuclear
terror…… http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/The-rush-to-the-nuclear-30197326.html

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