World closest to ‘nuclear precipice’ since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, says historian Garrett Graff

World closest to ‘nuclear precipice’ since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, says historian Garrett Graff

As we commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world is the closest it’s been to a dangerous “nuclear precipice” in decades, says Garrett Graff, author of the new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb.” Graff argues that, over the decades, we have avoided further nuclear conflict “more by luck than by skill.” Graff points out…

Our Rich History: 80 years (1945-2025) - Hiroshima and Nagasaki; a somber reminder of ravages of war - NKyTribune

(We’re celebrating ten years of Our Rich History! You can browse and read any of the past columns, from the present all the way back to our start on May 6, 2015, at our newly updated database . By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune On Monday, August 6, 1945, the United States’ B-29...