Gar Alperovitz

A historian reveals the crucial role that he played in helping Daniel Ellsberg leak the documents to journalists.

On the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan, we should remember that deploying the bomb wasn’t necessary to win the war.

It is time for conservatives to reclaim their criticism of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A new book's insistence that the bomb was necessary to bring about Japan’s surrender is largely contradicted by its own evidence.

American leaders called the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki our 'least abhorrent choice,' but there were alternatives to the nuclear attacks.

As we approach the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings, we're going to see a lot of journalistic takes on them — many of them totally wrong.