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Penned from the crooked
timber of humanity
Further Acts
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Forty-Three Seconds to Hiroshima
Introduction The uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, is frequently described as the “simple” atomic bomb. Nearly… Read More →
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Operation Crossroads, Part VII
Crossroads Baker, showing the white surface “crack” under the ships, and the top of the hollow spray column. Read More →
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From Little Boy to Peacekeeper
Introduction On July 1, 1946, less than a year after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a B-29 bomber… Read More →
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Power: A Radical View
Power: A Radical View began its surprisingly long life as a very short book (now the first chapter of this one) in 1974… Read More →