Looking back at the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Terry Gross, Dave Davies; Fresh Air podcast)

The U.S. used atomic weapons against Japan 78 years ago. We listen back to archival interviews with psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton and journalists Lesley M.M. Blume and Evan Thomas about the decision.

Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193189051/looking-back-at-the-decision-to-drop-atomic-bombs-on-hiroshima-and-nagasaki