From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima: Two Historians on How America Fought and Won The Pacific in WWII | Peter Robinson | Uncommon Knowledge

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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August 15th, 2025 is the 80th anniversary of the surrender of the Japanese to Allied Forces in the Pacific, ending World War II . To mark the occasion, Peter Robinson sits down with Jonathan Horn and Ian Toll to examine the most contested decision of World War II: the use of atomic weapons against Japan.

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0:00.0	I'm Peter Robinson of Uncommon Knowledge. To honor the remarkable scholarship of Tom Sol,
0:06.7	renowned economist, social theorist, public intellectual, and Hoover Senior Fellow,
0:12.1	we're inviting everyone inspired by his work to enter two national contests. The Thomas Soul
0:18.8	essay contest is open to high school students and college undergraduates.
0:22.6	Students may explore a cultural issue or a policy issue through the lens of Tom Sol's work,
0:28.6	or reflect on how Thomas Soul changed their view of the world.
0:33.6	He certainly changed mine. I imagine he may have changed yours.
0:38.1	The second contest, the Thomas Sowell video contest.
0:42.6	This is open to everybody.
0:44.3	It invites short, compelling videos up to three minutes that answer the question, what
0:50.1	lesson or teaching from Thomas Sol do Americans most need to learn or remember today?
0:57.0	Winners of each competition will receive a $5,000 prize, along with paid travel and an invitation to a special celebration of Thomas Soul
1:07.0	that will take place here at the Hoover Institution on the Stanford University campus.
1:12.6	All entries are due by August 31st.
1:15.6	Let me repeat that date. That's an important one.
1:17.6	All entries are due by August 31st.
1:20.6	To learn more and apply, visit hoover.org slash Thomas-Soul dash legacy.
1:30.3	Hoover.org slash Thomas Sol Legacy.
1:35.3	Thank you.
1:38.3	September 2nd, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri and Tokyo Bay,
1:43.3	representatives of the Empire of Japan
1:46.0	signed the instrument of surrender.
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