After 77 Years, Hiroshima Bombing Stands Up to Second-Guessing
As the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor faded from living memory, a conventional wisdom formed that Tokyo in 1945 wanted to surrender and the atomic attack was pointless — even racist — cruelty.
The world is marking today President Truman’s decision to drop an atomic bomb in 1945. Second guessing abounds, but it stands up as the option that ended the war with the least loss of life.
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