Episode Details

For years, large majorities of Americans have believed that the U.S. had to use the A-Bomb against Japan on August 6th, 1945 to end the war quickly and avoid a land war and thus save one-million American lives.  Scott and Bob discuss the use of the bomb, why it was used as a message to the Soviet Union and not a military necessity,  the chronology behind the development and deployment of atomic weapons, the U.S. public response to it, and the creation of a new history, a propaganda piece, regarding the use of the bomb.  The dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima was vital in the development of the Cold War, the arms race, the military-industrial complex, and the National Security State.  Seventy-five years after the first atomic weapon was used by the U.S., it's still a highly-debated and important topic.

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Read more about the decision to drop the atomic bomb:

Gar Alperovitz, The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan

National Security Archive, "The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II"

Greg Mitchell, The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood―and America―Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Samuel Walker, Prompt and Utter Destruction

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This is a Green and Red Podcast  production. "Green and Red Blues" by  Moody. Editing by Isaac. Produced  by Scott (@sparki1969) and Bob  (@bobbuzzanco).