Hiroshima

What is the deadliest weapon of the 20th century? Perhaps you think first of the atomic bomb, estimated to have killed as many as 200,000 people when the United States dropped two on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. But another weapon …

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What is the deadliest weapon of the 20th century? Perhaps you think first of the atomic bomb, estimated to have killed as many as 200,000 people when the United States dropped two on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. But another weapon …

Key point: The costs, half of GDP and a regimented live for those who would live, were deemed too high to proceed with the project. The special terror in nuclear deterrence reveals itself during natural rather than human-made disasters. Despite early warning…

At the Movies' is a fortnightly column on Hollywood's Golden Era (1920s-50s) revisiting films of historical, cultural and/or aesthetic significance. Read more from the series here. *** Fritz Langs Cloak and Dagger (1946) was made at a peculiar historical mo…

Key point: China is not the only nation known for successfully reverse-engineering other countries' military equipment. Few aircraft have as great a mark on history as the B-29, the pencil-shaped American four-engine bomber that dropped the atomic bombs over…

The inventor with his eponymous weapon. AP Photo/Vladimir Vyatkin What is the deadliest weapon of the 20th century? Perhaps you think first of the atomic bomb, estimated to have killed as many as 200,000 people when the United States dropped two on the Japane…

At first glance, the world of Watchmen seems tired of superheroes. The new HBO series takes place 35 years after the events of the 1980s comic series on which it’s based. The original Watchmen, written by Alan Moore, tells the story of an alternate American t…

Key point: It did nothing to save Okinawa from the Allies. In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would sacrifice the largest, most powerful battleships ever built to protect Okinawa, the gateway to Japans Home Islands. The d…

Key point: Genuine fear of global destruction kept us safe. The Cold War was a uniquely dangerous period in human history. Vast ideological differences, large standing armies and nuclear weapons on hair triggers meant the end of civilization was an ever-pres…