What was it like to live in WW2 Los Alamos NM where the world’s first atomic bomb was built? What were the considerations that went into using the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? How did this influence nuclear policy after the war and to this day? Inspired by the research for her WW2 historical novel, Hill of Secrets, author and former international journalist, Galina Vromen, will bring alive that momentous period and discuss its impact on nuclear proliferation today. She will then give an overview of the development of U.S, nuclear policy into the Cold War — and after it — and bring us up to date on the situation to date. Join us for a lecture that provides a framework for better understanding events unfolding today. What better time than now to understand the history of nuclear proliferation, with the expiration earlier this year of the last US-Russian non-proliferation agreement and recent developments in the Middle East?
Free, but please register on website: https://nova.libcal.com/event/15022531