Pacific Standard March-April 2013 Cover

Nagasaki Wasn’t Supposed to Have Been the Target 67 Years Ago Today

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From "The Men Who Dropped the Second Bomb," Australian journalist Craig Collie's modern account of the US atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki, 67 years ago today. The complete account appeared in London's Telegraph, and can be read here. Collie is the author of  Nagasaki, a 2011 reconstruction of the decision to drop "the forgotten bomb."  A fascinating 2011 interview with Collie by Australia's ABC radio is here. The crew of the B-29 Bockscar was not supposed to have targeted Nagasaki, a port city on Japan's eastern coast. Cloud cover forced the mission's commander to re-route the attack ... Read More