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Geoffrey Wheatcroft on the Significance of Hiroshima
I always enjoy reading the British journalist Geoffrey Wheatcroft even when I disagree with him. He is exceptionally well read and is consistently one of the most thoughtful and interesting commentators in Britain today. His new essay The Birth of ‘Mere Terror’ is no exception.
“Hiroshima wasn't uniquely wicked. It was part of a policy for the mass killing of civilians.”
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