Hiroshima’s fate, 70 years ago this week, must not be forgotten
Two outstanding works of journalism bookmark that 70-year period: John
Hersey’s 1946 article, which reminds us of the horror of the bombing;
and Eric Schlosser’s terrifying account of a break-in at a US weapons
plant in 2012 – a warning, he says, about our current complacency
The mushroom cloud formed by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.
Photograph: SuperStock/Corbis
