As tensions escalate in the Iran conflict, the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer — the father of the atomic bomb — have resurfaced with renewed urgency.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) compared a potential escalation in Iran to past decisions on dropping atomic bombs on Japan and ...

Eighty years ago, in one of the most consequential understatements of all time, Emperor Hirohito told the people of Japan that “the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of President Truman’s fateful decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (respectively, Aug. 6 and 9, 1945). To date, those two ...

Many Americans—including students in the History of the Atomic Bomb course taught at the University of Texas at Austin by Bruce J. Hunt, A&S '84 (PhD)—have learned a version of this story: On Aug. 6, ...

It's been eight decades since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The attack on Hiroshima was first. On August 6, 1945 -- 80 years ago today -- the crew of the U.S. B-29 ...

I was sitting with an old soldier named Ray Gallagher. He held in his hands a small doll. The doll’s name was Marianne and it was the doll that he took with him to war. It had been given to him by his ...

President Obama this week became the first American president to visit Hiroshima, the first city to be struck by an atomic bomb when the United States attacked it in 1945. Obama’s visit was closely ...