The morality of bombs: a Canadian historian touches raw nerves with a Second World War exhibit

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Canadian-born historian Michael Neufeld is the curator of a controversial exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution about the use of the atomic bomb against Japan to end World War II. Veterans groups successfully lobbied to have death toll estimates of a land invasion revised upward.

Practice, Exhibitions, Ethical aspects, Smithsonian Institution, World War II, 1939-1945, Museum curators, Atomic bomb, Atomic bombs, Neufeld, Michael

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The tragedy of the embattled navy chief: he went home from the office and killed himself

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Boorda, chief of US naval operations, shot and killed himself in May 1996, because he feared an investigation into his conduct would hurt the Navy. A reporter was preparing a story alleging that Boorda improperly wore two bronze Valor medals.

Officials and employees, Suicide, Biography, Suicide victims, United States. Navy, Boorda, Jeremy M.

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Clinton's new deal

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The election of Bill Clinton as president of the US marked the beginning of a counter-revolution that resulted from the unrest of American voters. Clinton promises that his government will offer people a hand up, not a hand-out.

United States, Evaluation, Clinton, Bill, Political aspects

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