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The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan ended World War II in 1945. At the time, Americans were happy the war was over and some people even wanted to drop more atomic bombs. This radio story describes how Americans’ attitudes towards dropping atomic bombs on Japan changed from mostly positive to mostly negative, in the years after the second World War.
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Story Length: 5:47
PRX
08/01/2005
https://app.listenwise.com/students/lessons/37-hiroshimas-legacy-of-doubt
What did E. B. White mean when he said using the atomic bomb was “man meddling with God’s work”?
How did Hersey’s book and the New Yorker article change Americans’ opinions about the acceptability of using atomic weapons?
Why was there a disagreement in 1995 about whether the atomic bombing of Japan represented a “moral threshold” being crossed?
Why did a person's age influence the perspective he or she had about the atomic bombs?
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