Investigative journalist Leslie Lesley blume who looks at John Hersheys failure to report on the federal impact of hiroshima. And a conversation about the soviet unions role in the nuremberg trials. Good evening. Welcome to the ninth virtual program. We will be discussing the true impact of the atomic bomb. We are honored to host speaker lesley blume who is the author of the new book fallout the hiroshima coverup and the reporter who revealed it to the world joined in conversation by writer adam gopnik. I am bo mendez, manager of programming at the historical society. Welcome to our physical location. Im honored to our virtual programs, and look forward to having you join us for more. The things we have coming up, things we look forward to, interested in joining us. Hosting next week to teach out, anticorruption expert in new York State Attorney general candidate sharing her new book break them up. They will be exploring the connection between big money and its impact on our democracy
Authors at the q a button at the bottom right of the screen. Kent will ask your questions. Before i opportunity it over to kent and jeffrey i want to remind you but a couple of other Virtual Events were involved in alert this week. This wednesday at 8 00 p. M. Our partners the marcus Jewish Community sir . Atlanta are presenting a free event with coverage kevin quan if his latest novel, sex and vanity, and this friday at 7 00 p. M. Is Bell Wilkerson will discuss her latest best seller with jon mecham. Thank you so much for your purchase tonight. Join us for this event and for your continued support during these extraordinary times. Now ill turn i over to Kent Alexander and jeffrey toobin. Thank you. Jeff, this book was fantastic. Im so looking forward to talking with you but it. Innovate going to get into more of an entry duke of you because i think people know you really well, but had you written this book five years ago, i would have said it was a thriller, paymentturner, a pageturne
Welcome to the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute Virtual Event series. Our center for Public Affairs programming offers lectures and forms presenting perspective on important Public Policy issues of the day, each year we bring you 20 to 30 events from politicians, authors, members of the media, business and military leaders and more. Since the march 2020 closure of many businesses across our great country, the ragan foundation is bringing events online to ensure we are still delivering worldclass content even if you cant get to our hilltop to watch it in person. In this weeks center for Public Affairs Virtual Event we bring you Chris Wallace, inker of fox news sunday. 2014 marked his 50th year in the broadcasting industry, hes participated in coverage of nearly every Major Political event and also secured high profile interviews with dignitaries in u. S. Leaders to stop for the last three years Chris Wallace has broadcast a sunday morning show live from the Reagan Li
Guests ab i am honored and have the privilege to welcome you to the virtual programs we been able to shift to. We look forward to lovely having you join us for more in the coming weeks. Before we get to the subject of the next program i want to share a little bit about some things we have coming up, things to look forward to, more virtual programs hopefully you might be interested in joining us. He will be hosting next week will be hosting ab anticorruption expert and former new York State Attorney general candidate sharing ab exploring the connection between big money and the impact on the democracy. That will be august 11 the following week we will host Rick Perlstein in a conversation with Jeffrey Toobin discussing his new book abwhich continues in the exploration we been doing with the recent history of the Pelican Party and modern american athat will be on august 19. We are also proud to partner with the ms. Foundation on an upcoming series entitled women in power 100 years after
American airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. The japanese began the war from the air at pearl harbor. They have been repaid many fold. And the end is not yet. With this bomb, we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction so supplement the growing power of our armed forces in their presence forum these bombs are now in production and even more powerful arms are in development. It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the far east. We are now prepared to destroy more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the japanese have in any city. We shall destroy their docks, theyre factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake, we shall completely destroy japans power to make war. It was to spare the japanese people from utter de