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Hardly an Accident: Harry S. Truman’s ‘Accidental Presidency’

Hardly an Accident: Harry S. Truman’s ‘Accidental Presidency’

A. J. Baime offers his readers an "aw shucks" story of an American Everyman thrust into a position of awesome power and somehow "makin' good".

What Is the Real Story of the Atomic Bombings?

What Is the Real Story of the Atomic Bombings?

America claimed the atomic bomb ended World War II and saved American lives. Journalist and historian Paul Ham calls that “a pack of lies”.
Now, Voyager: Barry Hill’s ‘Peacemongers’

Now, Voyager: Barry Hill’s ‘Peacemongers’

'Peacemongers', by the Australian poet and journalist Barry Hill, is an epic travelogue and probing meditation on the importance and elusiveness of peace.
The Atom Bomb’s Blast Shadows

The Atom Bomb’s Blast Shadows

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima forever altered popular culture, and the earliest traces of that tectonic shift can be found in an obscure government report and newsreel about the event.

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