Scott interviews Greg Mitchell about The Beginning or the End, his new book that tells the story of the making of the 1947 film of the same name. The movie was conceived as an exposé on the horrors of America's use of the nuclear bomb against Japan, partly at the urging of former Manhattan Project scientists. But it was quickly co-opted by the U.S. government, forcing many changes to the film's structure, and eventually resulting in what amounted to a piece of pro-military propaganda. Mitchell's book explores much of the history of this period, revealing the true circumstances of Japan's...
7/31/20 Greg Mitchell: the Real History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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