Destructiveness, a weapon bordering on the absolute. In the blast, thousands died instantly. 70,000 persons were killed or listed as missing. 140,000 persons were injured. Of these, 43,000 were badly hurt. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of its 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. D the desolate remains were aptly. Described as paper and ashes. Man had torn from nature one of her inner most secrets, and with his newfound knowledge had fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implication of this t extraordinary weapon were frightening to everyday people. Well, what did you think of that bomb we dropped on the japs, mrs. Glen . Isnt it terrible, all thoseo people vedkilled . Three days later, another b29 dropped an improved bomb on the major japanese sea port of nagasaki, a highly congested industrialized city boasting the best natural harbor, and extensive naval facilities. 42,0 this bomb exploding over the north factory district took the lives of 42,000 persons an
Economy and social policy. Welfare, education, consumer and Worker Protection and inflation, watch, free to choose saturday on American History tv. On cspan 2. Hello, everyone, welcome to washington times, a special episode of history as it happens. Today we will talk about the iraq war, 20 years on. On march 20th, 2003 bush announced they were invading iraq and getting rid of sad Saddam Hussein. The war killed hundreds of people. We were not greeted as liberators, why . Our guest today for the podcast is the dean of u. S. Foreign policy historian, welcome thank you, i am delighted to be here to discuss this important topic with you welcome to the washington times. And the author of confronting Saddam Hussein george w. Bush and the invasion of iraq the book was published to coincide with the war but you have been working on this book for awhile. You seemed reluctant as you state to take on this project to begin with, why . I was reluctant for two reasons. First i was trying to finish u
Welcome to the Washington Times for this special episode of history. As it welcome to hthe Washington Times. Well talk about the iraq war, 20 years on. On march 20, 2003, president bush announced that the United States was invading iraq and wars of mass destruction. The weapons did not exist. We were not greeted add liberators. Why . Im delighted to discuss this important topic with you. Welcome to the Washington Times. This is the author of confronting saddam hussian and president george w. Bush and the invasion of iraq. Youve been working on this book quite a while. You seemed reluctant to take on this project to begin with. Why . I was reluctant for two reasons. First i was trying to finish up work that i was doing on the evolution of the cold war, topic of which ive written a great deal about. And secondly, and most importantly, i was reluctant to take it on because it was really contemporary history and the availability of primary source documents would be very limited. Im a histo
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Washington Times for this special episode of history. As it happens, im martin di caro. Today were going to talk about the iraq war. 20 years on, on march 20th, 2003, president George W Bush announced the United States was invading iraq to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction, weapons that did not exist. The war killed thousands of american soldiers and contractors and hundreds of thousands of iraqi people. We were not greeted as liberators. Why . Well, our guest today for this special episode of the podcast is the dean of us Foreign Policy historians melvyn leffler, welcome. Thank you. Im delighted to be here to discuss this really important topic with you. Welcome to the Washington Times, Professor Emeritus of history at the university of virginia and the author of confronting Saddam Hussein. George w bush and the invasion of iraq. So the book was published to coincide with the anniversary of the war. But youve been working on
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Washington Times for this special episode of history. As it happens, im martin di caro. Today were going to talk about the iraq war. 20 years on, on march 20th, 2003, president George W Bush announced the United States was invading iraq to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction, weapons that did not exist. The war killed thousands of american soldiers and contractors and hundreds of thousands of iraqi people. We were not greeted as liberators. Why . Well, our guest today for this special episode of the podcast is the dean of us Foreign Policy historians melvyn leffler, welcome. Thank you. Im delighted to be here to discuss this really important topic with you. Welcome to the Washington Times, Professor Emeritus of history at the university of virginia and the author of confronting Saddam Hussein. George w bush and the invasion of iraq. So the book was published to coincide with the anniversary of the war. But youve been working on