Today we are joined by Gary Kohls, MD–a retired physician and regular contributor to the Duluth Reader–to discuss his recent column, “The Hiroshima Myth and the Glorification of American Militarism.” We expose the myths surrounding the supposed necessity of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII and outline the real reasons that the nuclear annihilation of these cities took place.
SHOW NOTES:
The Hiroshima Myth and the Glorification of American Militarism
The Hiroshima Lie (Stimson and McBundy write the official myth)
“Fog of War” firebombing sequence
Hiroshima Hoax: Japan’s ‘Wllingness to Surrender Before the Bomb’
Interview with a Hiroshima Survivor (part 1)
Interview with a Hiroshima Survivor (part 2)
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