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It's been just about 80 years since President Truman told the nation, August 6, 1945... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) HARRY S TRUMAN: A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb on ...

The U.S. altered the course of history 80 years ago when it dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It was an audacious move that ultimately led to the end of World War II. The motivation and secrecy ...

This week marks 80 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing an estimated 200,000 people. Historian Garrett Graff’s new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” draws ...

After three decades of uneasy slumber since the end of the Cold War, atomic weapons are back in the headlines. There were Vladimir Putin’s threats to use them in Ukraine or send them up into space.

The story of the Atomic Age's start is a fascinating one about the power of invention and a chilling one about its consequences. In “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and ...