Did the atomic bombings save "millions" as has been claimed, or was that figure one of many myths that have justified nuclear weapons for eight decades?
For 80 years the dominant narrative has been that using nuclear weapons in Japan was justified, ended the war, and saved millions of lives. New sources and evidence made available over the years suggests otherwise.
Historian Henry Richard Maar III for Nuclear Times: “The entwined history of arms control and peace activism should remind us—we can stop and turn the clock back.”
Artist Keith Haring used his own money to print and distribute 20,000 haunting posters during the historic 1982 anti-nuclear weapons march in New York.
Nuclear Times is launching Art for Disarmament. A new series celebrating the myriad contributions of artists and the arts to nuclear disarmament.
Greg Mitchell shows that “F**ing Up” civilians was the grotesque point of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.