Best of G&R: Hiroshima and "Atomic Diplomacy," 78 Years Later (G&R 239)

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals · Aug 5, 2023 · 37m

It's the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. With decisions to drop atomic bombs being discussed with the release of Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," we thought we'd repost this episode from 2020.

Enjoy!

From the 2020 episode:

"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…