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After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: How Allied Media Reported on the Atomic Bombs’ Devastation

After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: How Allied Media Reported on the Atomic Bombs’ Devastation

An Oral History of the Coverage What the United States Attempted to Cover Up

By Garrett M. Graff | August 20, 2025

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Ed Simon Considers the Enduring Impact of the Atomic Bomb on Artistic and Literary Production

By Ed Simon | August 18, 2025

The Poet Who Watched a Football Game on Nagasaki’s Atomic Killing Field

The Poet Who Watched a Football Game on Nagasaki’s Atomic Killing Field

Greg Mitchell on William W. Watt’s Experience in the Aftermath of Nuclear Devastation

By Greg Mitchell | August 8, 2025

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M.G. Sheftall Chronicles Daily Life in Japan At the End of the Second World War

By M.G. Sheftall | August 7, 2025

Inside the Days, Hours and Minutes Leading Up to the Hiroshima Bombing

Inside the Days, Hours and Minutes Leading Up to the Hiroshima Bombing

Iain MacGregor on the Preparation and Aftershocks of the Attack That Marked the Beginning of the Nuclear Age

By Iain MacGregor | July 24, 2025

Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda on Translating the Nuclear Novel “Wildcat Dome”

By Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda | March 18, 2025

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On the Generative Nostalgia of Old Manuscripts

Nick Ripatrazone Lets Go of an Old Story

By Nick Ripatrazone | September 13, 2023

The Race to Make Hollywood’s First Atomic Bomb Movie

The Race to Make Hollywood’s First Atomic Bomb Movie

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By Greg Mitchell | July 17, 2023

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Revisiting John Hersey's Groundbreaking "Hiroshima"

By Greg Mitchell | July 2, 2020

How John Hersey Revealed the Horrors of the Atomic Bomb to the US

How John Hersey Revealed the Horrors of the Atomic Bomb to the US

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By Jeremy Treglown | April 23, 2019

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Demystifying Robert Oppenheimer

By Aaron Tucker | April 22, 2019

Memories of an Atomic Childhood in Appalachia

Memories of an Atomic Childhood in Appalachia

Summertime in a Nuclear Town

By Lindsey A. Freeman | March 1, 2019

New York City, the Perfect Setting for a Fictional Cold War Strike

New York City, the Perfect Setting for a Fictional Cold War Strike

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By Sara Blair | June 13, 2018