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The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80 years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • Written by Stephen Herzog, Professor of the Practice, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Middlebury
The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80 years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiThe city of Hiroshima was destroyed when the United States dropped atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Aug. 6, 1945.Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Eighty years ago – on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 – the U.S. military dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, thrusting humanity into a terrifying new age. In mere moments, tens of thousands of...

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