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The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: Some Retrospective Judgments

Colgate Bookstore

Thursday, March 25, 2010
Starts at 03:30 PM

Location:

Colgate Bookstore
3 Utica St.
Hamilton, New York 13346

Website Address: http://www.colgatebookstore.com/
Phone: 228-7480

The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: Some Retrospective Judgments
Dr. Andrew Rotter, Colgate University, Department of History. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, was one of the pivotal events in human history.  Debate still rages over key issues. Why was the bomb used?  Was the bombing--and the bombing of Nagasaki, three days later -- necessary to end the war against Japan?  Did the atomic bomb cross a moral threshhold because of its special destructiveness?  This lecture will consider these and other questions, and invite the audience to help answer them.
Facilitator: Dr. Andrew Rotter, Professor of History, Colgate University

Categories:

  • Lifelong Learning Program