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Episode 537: The Manhattan Project Part V - Frankenstein's Monster

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The False Dichotomy of Propaganda

The government framed the argument as a false dichotomy. Many Americans knew that atomic warfare was quote unquote bad or at the very least distasteful. In fact, one poll said that a quarter of Americans wish that we would have dropped more bombs on Japan. "You don't need to mythologize older generations," he says.

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