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A COMPREHENSIVE AND PROVOCATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE RACE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONRY A
At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare
Senkichi Awaya was sitting in his dining room at the mayor’s residence in Hiroshima as the clocked ticked round to 8.15am on 6 August 1945. His teenage son Shinobu, and granddaughter Ayako, refugees f
The devastating attack on Japan’s capital set a terrible new precedent for aerial mass destruction
M.G. Sheftall
After decades experimenting with muskets, Oda Nobunaga perfected their use at the Battle of Nagashino, revolutionising not just samurai warfare but Japanese society itself
Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with