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"Having invented a new Holocaust," wrote Robert Frost, America cried "King's X--no fairs to use it anymore!".(The Week ...)(Brief Article)

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From: National Review
Date: 20050829
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"Having invented a new Holocaust," wrote Robert Frost, America cried "King's X--no fairs to use it anymore!" So Frost greeted the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki--wrongly. Imputing childishness, he was childish himself. By 1945, the Japanese were determined to defend the home islands as fiercely as they had defended Iwo Jima; casualties on both sides would have been beyond horrendous. A demonstration drop on Mt. Fuji would very likely have failed to break Japan's will; even after Nagasaki, Emperor Hirohito met resistance to surrender in his inner circle. It ...

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