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Atomic Cover-Up: The Hidden Story Behind the U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Democracy Now! August 9, 2011 "As radiation readings in Japan reach their highest levels since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdowns (see previous post: Truth About Nuclear Power | Lethal Levels of Radiation), we look at the beginning of the atomic age. Today is the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which killed some 75,000 people and left another 75,000 seriously wounded. It came just three days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing around 80,000 people and injuring some 70,000. By official Japanese estimates, nearly 300,000 people died from the bombings, including those who lost their lives in the ensuing months and years from related injuries and illnesses. Other researchers estimate a much higher death toll. We play an account of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the pilots who flew the B-29 bomber that dropped that bomb, and feature an interview with the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist George Weller, who was the first reporter to enter Nagasaki. He later summarized his experience with military censors who ordered his story killed, saying, 'They won.' Our guest is Greg Mitchell, co-author of 'Hiroshima in America: A Half Century of Denial,' with Robert Jay Lifton. His latest book is 'Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki and The Greatest Movie Never Made.' [includes rush transcript]"

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Radiation Poisoning 'Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki' - New Book New Book: "Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki" Footage of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Suppressed for Decades

Greg Mitchell: In my latest book, 'Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, and The Greatest Movie Never Made,' I probe a turning point in U.S. history: the suppression of film footage, for decades, shot by a U.S. Army unit in the atomic cities -- a wrong turn with staggering consequences even today. This is a detective story, a profile of two remarkable military officers, and one of the last little-told stories of World War II (and its aftermath). The cover-up even extended to Hollywood. And there was no WikiLeaks to get the film aired. As co-author of the classic 'Hiroshima in America' and eleven other books, I've written about elements of this story for leading newspapers and magazines, but now I tell the full saga here, based on new research -- from the Truman Library to Nagasaki...

My New Book 'Atomic Cover-up' Reveals Film Secrets

" America's "nuclear entrapment" continues to this day. Atomic Cover-up takes a wide angle look at the use of the bomb in 1945--and its impact right up to 2011. It might be sub-titled "From Hiroshima to Fukushima."

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The Dark History of Nuclear Weapons and Energy Proliferation

Casualty from the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan in 1945.

Casualty from the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.

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Destruction of Nagasaki, Japan near ground zero.

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