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The men who dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 were deploying technology that had taken decades to develop. Nonetheless, in carrying out that act, these US airmen did effect an almost immediate transformation in the nature of warfare and in attitudes towards it.
— Linda Colley
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About Linda Colley
Linda Colley (born 13 September 1949) is an English academic historian specialising in British, imperial and global history from 1700.
About Linda Colley
Linda Colley (born 13 September 1949) is an English academic historian specialising in British, imperial and global history from 1700.
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