Tonight on Extension 720: Tomorrow marks the sixtieth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima—the first nuclear attack that not only helped bring about the end of World War II, but also launched a new era in political history. It kicked off the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, beginning the Cold War and fostering the necessary rise of strategic theory. Tonight after the 6:10 p.m. Cubs game, we will be discussing some of the political consequences of Hiroshima with a panel of experts, including RICHARD FRIEDMAN, president of the National Strategy Forum, JOHN MEARSHEIMER, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, and (joining us by phone) SHARON GHAMARI-TABRIZI, author of The Worlds of Herman Kahn: The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War.

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