![]() Under the heading “Historical controversies” the exhibit asks, “Would the bomb have been dropped on the Germans?” It begins its answer thus: “Some have argued that the United States would never have dropped the bomb on the Germans, because Americans were more reluctant to bomb `white people’ than Asians.”Īllied reluctance to bomb “white people” will certainly come as news to the survivors of Dresden (Kurt Vonnegut among them). ![]() For most Japanese, it was a war to defend their unique culture against Western imperialism.” It said of the Pacific War endgame, for example, that “for most Americans. ![]() Some of the review team’s recommended changes have been made, but the original script betrays the ideology and intentions of the curators. The museum was forced to set up an internal review team that issued a report severely critical of the tone and content of the original script. The original script for the “The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II” drew fierce criticism from veterans. The walls of text and choice of exhibits will display also the degree to which elite American museums, like universities, have fallen to the forces of political correctness and historical revisionism. On display will be more than the Enola Gay, the B-29 that delivered the bomb. Next August, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington is preparing an exhibit.
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