This seminar highlights recent scholarship in regard to the first use of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 & 9, 1945 and the key issues that U.S. political and military leaders faced at the time of determining first use. This webinar explains how the decision-making process to use atomic weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki shapes current “First Use” and “No First Use” nuclear weapons policies.
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Wilmington College
Webinar Date: 2020-04-23
Webinar Time: 11:00-12:00 EST
Presenter(s): Dr. Tanya Maus
Presenter Bio:
Dr. Tanya Maus is the director of the Peace Resource Center and Quaker Heritage Center at Wilmington College. She holds a PhD from the University of Chicago specializing in modern Japanese Japan history and has taught university courses on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the past 11 years. Currently, Dr. Maus directs the Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College, one of the most extensive archives of historical materials focusing on the Japanese experience of nuclear war and the subsequent global nuclear disarmament movement within the United States. See more on the Peace Resource Center here.
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