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At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare
Yaakov Katz
Eighty years after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki amid the rationale that it would save lives, a new book tells the sur vivors’ stories
What supernatural folklore reveals about human nature
The devastating attack on Japan’s capital set a terrible new precedent for aerial mass destruction
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