Friday, August 04, 2006

Whitewashing Hiroshima: The Uncritical Glorification of American Militarism

Back in 1995, the Smithsonian Institute was preparing an honest but aggressive display dealing with the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Amid much right-wing reactionary wrangling, the Smithsonian was forced to eliminate that painful but historically important part of the story: The Japanese civilian perspective

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