Hiroshima Nagasaki

(Re)Imagining Japan: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Victimhood Nationalism

Giorgio Shani • Aug 9 2025 • Articles

By refusing to name the US as perpetrator yet affirming Japan’s status as victim, post-war LDP governments absolved the US of its responsibility.

Strategic or Symbolic? Reassessing Hiroshima and Nagasaki Eighty Years On

Markus Schindler • Aug 6 2025 • Articles

Eighty years on, the available information suggest that the US leadership overestimated the strategic impact of the nuclear bombings on Japan.

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