Military History Club Podcast · Saul David

Iain MacGregor on 'The Hiroshima Men'

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Ian MacGregor argues statues should be built for General Groves and reveals exclusive research from his grandson.
Author Iain MacGregor discusses his book 'The Hiroshima Men', which tells the story of the atomic bomb through key figures like the pacifist mayor of Hiroshima, General Leslie Groves, and pilot Paul Tibbets. He reveals new archival discoveries, defends the necessity of the bomb to end WWII, and connects the historical event to modern nuclear anxieties.

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A grave, book-led Hiroshima conversation that is strongest on character, context, and consequence.

The episode uses a new book about Hiroshima to widen the frame beyond the bomb itself, tracing the wartime research race, the key people around it, and the decision to use it on 6 August 1945.

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You want a sober tour of the bomb, the people around it, and the moral questions that followed.

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