The world is still sharply divided over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But we have since created a tradition of non-use of nuclear weapons that is a much better guide for the future than were those fateful bombings 50 years ago.
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Bundy, M. Fifty years in the shadow of the bomb. Nature 376, 382–384 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/376382a0
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