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  The Myth of the Atomic Bomb

  By Srdja Trifkovic

  The decisive factor in Japan's decision to surrender was the Soviet entry into the war and the Japanese elite's fear of Soviet influence. The enduring myth of the effectiveness of the atomic bombs, however, birthed the ideology of deterrence.

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  The Triumph of the Atomic Bomb

  By Michael F. Scheuer

  War's only mercy is a speedy conclusion producing irrefutable victory, attainable only by using overwhelming force to exert maximum destruction upon the foe. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved countless lives by bringing an end to the war.

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  The Tragedy of the Atomic Bomb

  By C. Jay Engel

  Roosevelt’s policy of unconditional surrender reached its tragic culmination in death and destruction for Japan, and became the first step toward a new era of American foreign policy which saw the Old Republic continue its long march toward Empire.

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  Dropping the Ball on the Bomb

  By Alan J. Levine

  The history of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been distorted by those more concerned with politics and ideology than with truth. An honest verdict must acknowledge that it ended WWII early, accounting for about 2 percent of total deaths.

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Society & Culture

• Society & Culture

  The Virus Sidelines Europe's Right Wing

  By Emma Freire

  As the virus swept across the European Union, national governments quickly rediscovered the need to put their own citizens first, rendering Europe’s right-wing parties all but obsolete. For now, the right must rest on their laurels.

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  Hobbes, the First Individualist

  By Jack Kerwick

  Too many conservatives get Thomas Hobbes wrong. He was conclusively an individualist. Rather than pointing toward Hobbes as the progenitor of today’s authoritarian cultural revolutionists, conservatives might find more deserving culprits.

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Reviews

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  Books in Brief

  By Derek Turner, Catharine Savage Brosman

  The Shortest Way With Defoe—Robinson Crusoe, Deism, and the Novel, by Michael B. Prince (University of Virginia Press; 350 pp., $69.50). Simon the Fiddler, by Paulette Jiles (William Morrow; 352 pp., $27.99).

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  A Decadent Diagnosis

  By John M. DeJak

  In his most recent book, Ross Douthat analyzes our decadent society from several perspectives—cultural, political, and philosophical. He insists that decadence has interconnected economic, demographic, intellectual, and cultural factors.

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  Slaying Dragons, Coddling Snakes

  By Chris Timmers

  David Kilcullen argues in The Dragons and the Snakes that the West’s mixed success against non-state adversaries to date compels a more hands-off approach going forward, even if such a strategy contravenes conventional military tactics. ...

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  Solid Strategy, Limited Vision

  By Srdja Trifkovic

  In his recent book, Wolffram Siemann makes a strong case that Metternich was a first class strategist, but comes up short in proving him a visionary. ...

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  What the Editors Are Reading

  By Catharine Savage Brosman, Stephen B. Presser

  Catharine Savage Brosman reviews Marie-Henri Beyle's La Chartreuse de Parme and Stephen B. Presser reviews Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March.

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Remembering the Right

• Remembering the Right

  Remembering George Grant

  By Grant Havers

  Grant valued the particularity of the Canadian nation, her culture, history, traditions, and way of life. He predicted that technological capitalism and American imperialism would destroy this particularity. His admirers consider him prophetic.

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Polemics & Exchanges

• Polemics & Exchanges

  Polemics & Exchanges

  Paul Craig Roberts replies to Tom Pauken's comments on Buckley and Reagan from the June number. Prof. Trifkovic replies to a critique of his 'Monocultural Resilience.' And, Michael Leaser and Prof. Mark Brennan tussle over Pennsyltucky.

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In This Number

• In This Number

  In This Number

  By Paul Gottfried

  Chronicles Editor-In-Chief Prof. Paul Gottfried introduces the August 2020 issue and the four marquee pieces on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb drop.

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Editorials

• Editorials

  Antifa: Nazis Without a Plan

  By Paul Gottfried

  The antifascist left resembles the Nazis in a striking way, particularly when these earlier advocates of violence were on their way to power. Political movements often imitate those that they purport to stand in opposition to.

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  Defending Ourselves Without Hate

  By Edward Welsch

  Antifa and BLM are determined to wage war upon Christian patriots who love God and America. We need to find like-minded people, support their causes, and gather together to support one another in the defense of America and Western civilization.

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Correspondence

• Correspondence

  Seattle's Summer of Hate

  By Christopher Sandford

  The Summer of Love signified an experiment in unfettered freedom of expression and peaceful self-rule which seemed to promise great things then. It bears little resemblance to the scenes on Seattle’s Capitol Hill as I have recently experienced them.

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Columns

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  A Bit of British Virtue Signaling

  By Freddy Gray

  In recent days, Britain, taking after America, has been convulsed by a widespread rage against the perception of racial injustice. None of this made much sense. What did George Floyd have to do with Britain?

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  Don't Know Much About History

  By Tom Piatak

  The most important step conservatives can take is to introduce younger Americans to history. The left has made sure that a sense of pervasive oppression is all most young Americans know about the past.

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  Alien Intuitions

  By George McCartney

  George McCartney with commentary on The Vast of Night (2019), Shirley (2020), and Shadow of a Doubt (1943).

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  U.S. Dream Turned UK Nightmare

  By Taki Theodoracopulos

  The real agenda behind these riots is the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of a socialist police state. Racism is the excuse and the vehicle, but capitalism is the target.

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