Come to the Gary R. Hess Lecture in Policy History: “The Atomic Bombings Reconsidered” by Barton J. Bernstein, Professor of History, Emeritus at Stanford University. The lecture will take place from 4:00-5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 8, in Room 201 of the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
Professor Bernstein is the most prominent and prolific scholar on the dropping of the atomic bombs. He has authored numerous ground-breaking articles on a range of ethical, environmental, and strategic issues associated with the bombings. His publications include studies on physicists Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, and J. Robert Oppenheimer, along with a number of influential essays on U.S. foreign policy and international crises, nuclear history, and modern science and technology policy. His articles have appeared in leading scholarly publications across several disciplines, including: Foreign Affairs, Physics Today, Peace and Change, Diplomatic History, Political Science Quarterly, Nature, Scientific American, International Security, Peace Review, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Technology and Culture, Journal of American History, Journal of Cold War Studies, Journal of Military History, Journal of Strategic Studies, and Pacific Historical Review.
To facilitate planning, please email history@bgsu.edu by April 1, 2014 to let us know whether you plan to attend.