"The most massive exposure of human persons to ionizing radiations took place in August, 1945, in the Japanese cities …"

"Let us sum up the three possible explanations of the decision to drop the bomb and its timing. The first that it was …"

"One would have to have been brought up in the “spirit nut militarism” to understand the difference between Hiroshima …"

"... We devoutly hoped that the Japanese would heed our warning that, unless they surrendered unconditionally, the des…"

"There are many sites around the world that chronicle this war -- memorials that tell stories of courage and heroism; …"

"The world is what it is, which is to say, nothing much. This is what everyone learned yesterday, thanks to the formid…"

"Even before the bomb, one did not breathe too easily in this tortured world. Now we are given a new source of anguish…"

"We cannot ignore Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with the useless use of nuclear weapons, an absolutely unnecessary use that,…"

"The double horror of two Japanese city names [Hiroshima and Nagasaki] grew for me into another kind of double horror;…"

"The purpose of the bomb was to destroy cities, to kill Japanese, and to destroy the Japanese will to continue the war…"