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Matthew Hoh's avatar

“It was actually written by McGeorge Bundy [later National Security Adviser in the Vietnam years]”

Over and over again, it’s always the same small group of people.

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Duncan Saunders's avatar

Another excellent article debunking the idea that using nuclear weapons would save "half a million American lives" can be found here:

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Hiroshima: The Strange Myth of Half a Million American Lives Saved

Rufus E. Miles, Jr.

International Security

Vol. 10, No. 2 (Fall, 1985), pp. 121-140 (20 pages)

Published By: The MIT Press

I read it back in 1985 and was able to keep a copy which I just re-read.

Thanks for a great post!

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