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Gar Alperovitz discusses his book “Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam”

DURATION: 00:40:30

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Gar Alperovitz, historian, writer, and political economist, discusses the bombing of Hiroshima, the Potsdam Conference, and the American confrontation with Soviet power.

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40 minutes, 30 seconds

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American History & Politics World War II

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WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Audiotapes Radio programs Alperovitz, Gar Alperovitz, Gar--Interviews Alperovitz, Gar--interviewee Potsdam Conference (1945) Atomic bomb--Japan--Hiroshima Soviet Union--Foreign relations World War II--Japan

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