The wartime legacies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki haunt humanity

Atomic bombings were more about demonstrating power than securing surrender

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The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Aug.5, eve of the 78th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear attack: Japan was already essentially defeated before the city was destroyed. (Photo by Yo Inoue)

Brahma Chellaney is professor emeritus of strategic studies at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi and a former adviser to India's National Security Council. He is the author of nine books, including "Water: Asia's New Battleground."

The Hollywood blockbuster "Oppenheimer" carries the somber message that the nuclear age may have doomed us all.

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