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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

PRESIDENTS OF WAR:
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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC Aug 8

    Atomic weapon was used against Nagasaki tomorrow 1945: #NABCpic.twitter.com/jBeH3sYNvg

    10:20 AM - 8 Aug 2018
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      2. Boston Doug‏ @BostonDoug1 Aug 8
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I recommend reading Richard Rhodes Pulitzer award book, an incredible telling: The Making of the Atomic Bomb. It is the tale of the scientists and the discoveries and efforts to make them.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. SFDukie‏ @SFDukie Aug 8
        Replying to @BostonDoug1 @BeschlossDC

        Excellent read-another is The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and Its Proliferation-by Thomas Reed and Danny Stillman

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Mongo Like Candy‏ @enespacio Aug 8
        Replying to @SFDukie @BostonDoug1 @BeschlossDC

        Obviously not the detail of the books but still a good movie if anyone hasn't seen it.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097336/?ref_=nv_sr_1 …

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. John Nolte‏ @322jn322 Aug 8
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Any idea how far away this picture was taken from the city?

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Doug‏ @NateTut Aug 8
        Replying to @322jn322 @BeschlossDC

        Not far enough.

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2.  💣 💥aka Boris Badenov  💣 💥‏ @TerryDarc Aug 8
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Terrifying. Thought it was a picture of a California wildfire at first. Some of those photos are eerily like the atomic blast mushroom clouds.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Eve Scott‏ @EveScot45700084 Aug 8
        Replying to @TerryDarc @BeschlossDC

        Your not too far off. These fires 🔥 are so hot it is like a kiln. It looks war torn. 😔

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. LR.‏ @realzLR Aug 8
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I've never seen this picture before. Holy Jesus.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Rogue Patriot‏ @RoguePatriot2 Aug 8
        Replying to @realzLR @BeschlossDC

        Same here!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Caroline  🇸🇪 💜 🇺🇸  🌊 #FBR #RESIST‏ @SweResistance Aug 8
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        It's incomprehensible to accept or understand that the atrocities and wrongdoings from our past have not taught mankind how to show humanity in stead of hate, greed and jealousy. Too many lessons not learned from.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Jeff Creech‏ @CreechJeff Aug 8
        Replying to @SweResistance @BeschlossDC

        As a whole, humanity is brutal and barbaric as the rich always have gained the power to govern the people to slaughter and persecute the weak.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Caroline  🇸🇪 💜 🇺🇸  🌊 #FBR #RESIST‏ @SweResistance Aug 8
        Replying to @CreechJeff @BeschlossDC

        Yes, I just wish things were different The rise of Trump and his followers have made me worried and I wonder if I did the right thing when I had children What kind of future have I given them. 😔

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Jeff Creech‏ @CreechJeff Aug 8
        Replying to @SweResistance @BeschlossDC

        Yes, I have 5 grandchildren the oldest will be 17 next week, the youngest is 3 months old. I worry about what lies ahead for them too. As the world population expands, the more uncertain the future is.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Caroline  🇸🇪 💜 🇺🇸  🌊 #FBR #RESIST‏ @SweResistance Aug 8
        Replying to @CreechJeff @BeschlossDC

        I have a 13-year old boy and a girl, she's 9. I was never worried when Obama was president.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Jeff Creech‏ @CreechJeff Aug 8
        Replying to @SweResistance @BeschlossDC

        I've had faith in God. It gives me a sense of serenity. It's something that has been there for me since the day I was born. Neither of my parents where religious and I wasn't brought up in any church, but I have sought out and found the LORD who is my guiding strength.

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      8. Caroline  🇸🇪 💜 🇺🇸  🌊 #FBR #RESIST‏ @SweResistance Aug 8
        Replying to @CreechJeff @BeschlossDC

        I'm unfortunately an atheist. So I can't find comfort from a religion.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Jeff Creech‏ @CreechJeff Aug 8
        Replying to @SweResistance @BeschlossDC

        I'm not trying to preach or anything, just telling you how I cope.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. A Cursory Matt-down  🔶‏ @MackTheMac Aug 8
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I can't imagine that nightmare.

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      2. Kevin Remsen‏ @giggity170 Aug 8
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Japan refuses to surrender. This was the quickest way to bring the war to a close. We needed to shock them. 2 bombs did what years of of firebombing could not.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. The Road Wanderer‏ @V8Fury Aug 8
        Replying to @giggity170 @BeschlossDC

        The bombs would have been equally as effective if we had dropped them on less occupied areas. We didn't need to murder so many civilians to get the point across.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Kevin Remsen‏ @giggity170 Aug 8
        Replying to @V8Fury @BeschlossDC

        Both targets had significant military value that were aiding Japan’s war effort.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. The Road Wanderer‏ @V8Fury Aug 8
        Replying to @giggity170 @BeschlossDC

        And? Before WWII we had better national morals.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Kevin Remsen‏ @giggity170 Aug 8
        Replying to @V8Fury @BeschlossDC

        The goal of war is not to be moral. The goal it to defeat your enemies and return stability to the strategic situation.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. The Road Wanderer‏ @V8Fury Aug 8
        Replying to @giggity170 @BeschlossDC

        I give up.pic.twitter.com/VkSXg5sjXk

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Kevin Remsen‏ @giggity170 Aug 8
        Replying to @V8Fury @BeschlossDC

        Think of it this way: look up Operation Downfall and look at the projected casualties for invading the home islands of Japan. What if we invaded, sustained hundreds of thousands of deaths of US soldiers and it came out that we had the bomb and didn’t use it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. The Road Wanderer‏ @V8Fury Aug 8
        Replying to @giggity170 @BeschlossDC

        Where did I say not to use the bombs? Please reread the entire conversation. It's not okay to murder civilians. Full stop.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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