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  1. “The ‘liberal international order’ was not the only sign that we placed in the shop window of the #Westernworld. #Rights. #Decency. Respect for basic #societal #taboos. These were things that we claimed too.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

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  2. “The ‘liberal international order’ was not the only sign that we placed in the shop window of the #Westernworld. #Rights. #Decency. Respect for basic #societal #taboos. These were things that we claimed too.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

    Chartbook 432 "Writing column....

  3. (2/5)…mainstream #historians in the US and in the #WesternWorld in general, and of course by #Hollywood.

    The #myth that two Japanese cities were nuked to force Tokyo to surrender, thus shortening the war and saving lives, was “made in USA”, but it was to be eagerly espoused in #Japan, whose post-war leaders, vassals of the US, found it extremely useful for a number of reasons, as #WarWilson has pointed out in his excellent article on #theBomb. First, the emperor and his ministers, who…(2/5)